Grade 2 Social Worker - Percy Cleland Wing

The Role:

The Percy Cleland Wing at Nothern Health's Bundoora site have an opportunity a driven and passionate Grade 2 Social Worker to join the team.

This is a fixed term full time position (maternity leave cover) until April 2025

The Grade 2 Social Worker will be accountable for providing quality patient care through the application of competent clinical skills in assessment, planning, implementation of treatment and management.  The role is a full time fixed term position providing Social Work services on Percy Cleland Wing , a GEM (geriatric Evaluation and Management) unit at our Bundoora Centre. The successful applicant may also be required to work on other wards as clinical demand and skill mix requires.

The Social Worker will work as part of a multidisciplinary team. The Social worker will respond to inpatient referrals as required and provide psychosocial assessments and interventions to patients and their families. This role will require flexibility to be able to provide efficient responses to referrals combined with other non-clinical components such as providing education to staff, innovation and quality improvement, participating in relevant meetings, and contributing as a member of the Sub acute Social Work team.

Staff may be required to travel and/or work across the sites of Northern Health. Staff may also be required to rotate to other campuses and rotate into other grade-appropriate discipline positions.

This position is responsible for:

• Responding to referrals to Social Work from allocated ward.
• Participating in a Quality Improvement Activity
• Completing all data sets
• Supervision of Grade 1 Social Workers and Students
• Contributing to Social Work initiatives

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Eligibility for membership of Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Significant experience in undertaking comprehensive psychosocial assessments & interventions.
• Significant experience in practicing patient centred care.
• Demonstrated experience in prioritising and independently managing complex social situations.
• Well established effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• A demonstrated commitment shown to ongoing professional development.
• Dedication to and demonstrated involvement in Quality Improvement.
• Experience in education, support and supervision to Grade 1 Social Workers and/or students.
• Experience working with the cultural and socioeconomic diversity of our community.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

Applications close 5 April 2024

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

·         Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program

·         Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

·         An inclusive and culturally safe space

·         State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

·         A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’

·         Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.