Social Worker

Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 27 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,500 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

St John of God Social Outreach provides a range of no or low-​cost mental health, homelessness and capacity building services to over 5500 people in the community across Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales and the Asia Pacific, particularly in areas where we have identified gaps in service provision. ​

Your role at St John of God
We are looking to hire a Social Worker (Grade 2) on a permanent basis to join our Residential Aged Care Program in Bendigo.
As a Social Worker, you will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to provide social work services to consumers and ensures practice is in accordance with the Australian Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and Practice Guidelines and SJGHC policies and guidelines.
You will be expected to work independently and demonstrate a specialist level of knowledge and depth of experience within aged care visiting residential facilities.
The Position

• Provide evidence based senior Social Work services to consumers/carers within the clinical specialty area/s.
• Provide Social Work assessment, intervention and evaluation at an advanced practice level for complex and general caseload/s.
• Ensures prioritisation and delegation of duties for own caseload .
• Contributes to the evaluation of the Social Work Service and Clinical Specialty, to ensure continuous improvement.
• Ensures effective multidisciplinary teamwork through professional communication and comprehensive liaison with colleagues, consumers/carers and service providers.
• Ensures maintenance of appropriate clinical documentation and clinical information systems.
• Demonstrates reflective practice and commitment to professional development.
• Supports Social Work service through communicating issues and ideas for enhancing the service (through to the coordinator of Social Work).

You will have clinical experience in a specialised area of practice within a healthcare setting and develop evidence based, innovative clinical practices and initiation of quality improvement activities.
Successful applicants will have tertiary qualifications in Social Work and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Work
Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.
We can offer:

• Salary: $89,954 to $107,578 + 11% Superannuation
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
  • Novated leasing
  • work related expenses
  • self-education and
  • additional superannuation
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

St John of God Social Outreach is committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in its care and proactively takes measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Covid-19 and Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.
For enquiries please contact Janet Foggin, Manager Mental Wellbeing & Raphael Services VIC on 047681558
Applications close: April 24th