Social Worker

Social Worker – Grade 2

Permanent Full-Time (38 hrs per week)

Cabrini Malvern

Cabrini offers:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
• 12% superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading
• Close to public transport + discounted Myki commuter fares
• Discounted private health insurance & gym membership
• Flexible work arrangements
• Excellent workplace culture
• Ongoing peer support and supervision
• Professional development allowance
• Opportunity to develop skills across multiple areas

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Grade 2 Social Worker to join our Acute Team based at Malvern . This role offers full-time hours and involves delivering psychosocial care and facilitating discharge planning for inpatients.

The successful candidate will also contribute to professional and service development, including mentoring junior staff, supervising students, and supporting evidence-based practices across a multidisciplinary team.

There is scope to work across palliative and rehabilitation services as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused psychosocial care
• Build collaborative working relationships with patients, families, and hospital staff
• Use strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills to support patient outcomes
• Manage a complex caseload efficiently and coordinate timely hospital discharges
• Supervise and support Grade 1 Social Workers, students, and Allied Health Assistants
• Engage in professional development and lead innovative service improvement initiatives

About You

You are a motivated and compassionate social worker who thrives in a multidisciplinary healthcare environment.

You bring:

• A degree in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership
• Minimum 3 years' clinical experience in a healthcare setting
• Sound knowledge of social work theory, ethics, and evidence-based practice
• Excellent communication, time management, and conflict resolution skills
• A flexible, proactive, and solutions-focused approach to your work
• Experience in hospital-based care (desirable)
• Understanding of the private healthcare sector (desirable)

Enquiries should be directed to: Head of Occupational Therapy & Manager of Social Work Courtney Agland on or

Michelle Middlewick - Grade 4 Clinical Lead on

Please do not delay in applying as interviews are likely to be offered prior to closure date.

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne's southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.