Company

Unitingcare QueenslandSee more

addressAddressAuchenflower, QLD
CategorySocial Care

Job description

Social Worker | The Wesley Hospital

Employment Term: Casual

Location: located in the peaceful surrounds of Auchenflower, The Wesley Hospital is just 5 mins from Toowong Shopping Village and 10 mins from Brisbane City

Remuneration: $51.80 - $55.94 p/h + 11% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our team at The Wesley Hospital as a Social Worker , you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Your part in The Wesley Hospital team

Partnering with our discharge planners, you will manage a diverse case load ranging from future planning and financial advice, life transition for chronic disease, grief and loss adjustment to illness and disability, crisis and conflict management as well as interventions for a range of individual and social challenges. 

With a commitment to patient advocacy, you will apply holistic and integrated care management plans, focused on early intervention and prevention. You will work towards patient goals for reintegration into the community by utilising your partnerships and providing a valuable link between support services and patients.

Your interpersonal skills allow you to build strong relationships and credibility with patients, enabling greater effectiveness in your case management and a history of successful patient outcomes. You have a proven ability to deliver a high level of clinical reasoning and decision making that supports your commitment to patient advocacy.

What makes a difference for us?

ou will have a well-rounded knowledge of best practice approaches to patient care, including up to date knowledge of the government’s My Aged Care and NDIS initiatives as well as:

  • Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent
  • Membership with AASW
  • Minimum of 3 years previous experience in acute Social Work within a hospital environment
  • Ability to manage complex and variable caseload
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development
  • Involvement in quality and service improvement initiatives 
  • Must hold or be eligible to hold a current Blue Card

What makes a difference for you?

The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, caring for you for life. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders. 

  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

  • Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

  • Subsidised On-Site Parking

  • A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program

  • A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

  • 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

  • Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

  • Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).

  • Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.

The Wesley Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.

At the Wesley Hospital, we offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.

Joining the Wesley Hospital, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Start making a difference today

Our application process takes less than 15 minutes – Click the ‘APPLY’ button to be taken to our online application process and upload your resume and cover letter. Our team are available to answer any questions you may have.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. Learn more about Diversity & Inclusion at UnitingCare: https://www.unitingcareqld.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/diversity-and-inclusion

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Refer code: 2238693. Unitingcare Queensland - The previous day - 2024-05-22 19:55

Unitingcare Queensland

Auchenflower, QLD
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