Social Work Educator

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Bendigo Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Community Services, Education and Training, Health and Allied Health, Information Management, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 14970

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- A supportive environment for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An opportunity to further your career

**The Position**
**Position Title**: Social Work Educator
**Classification**: Dependent on qualifications
**Hours per fortnight**: 48
**Employment Status**: Ongoing Part Time
**Other requirements**: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**

The Social Work Educator will have a proven background in education and teaching along with extensive experience in professional mental health practice to assist the team with providing quality multidisciplinary informed education and program development projects.

This role has practical and strategic dimensions to provide social work expertise to the professional education and program development objectives of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and promote high standards of allied health practice.

**Bendigo Health**

Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Retention bonus of up to 2k annually for workers in Mental Health
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**

The Mental Health Professional Development Unit (MHPDU) provides professional leadership to Mental Health clinicians practicing in Bendigo Health by driving mental health workforce innovation in the areas of lived experience, clinical, educational and research interests with development of skills and knowledge consistent with national standards.

The team develops & co-ordinates:

- Education & professional development activities that are relevant to clinical practice with a focus on mental health clinicians of various disciplines and levels (undergraduate & postgraduate)
- Clinical supervision processes that promote reflection on practice with the aim to improve outcomes for patients, clinicians and the organisation
- Development and practical utilisation of mental health research as a mechanism to achieve improvement of mental health service delivery
- The team is also responsible for the monitoring of standards of Mental Health practice within Bendigo Health Mental Health and Wellbeing Services and supports recruitment strategies to ensure the longer-term sustainability of this specialist workforce

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria's fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.