Social Worker Advanced

Deliver advanced level, evidenced based Social Work services and coordination of care for consumers of the Mental Health Intensive Discharge Team (MIND).

About the role

• Deliver advanced level evidenced based Social Work services for Mental Health Consumers to optimise health outcomes and coordinate supported transition to community in Metro North.

  Join an exciting this new initiative for up to 12 months with possibility of extension.

• The purpose of this role is to deliver advanced level, evidenced based Social Work services and coordination of care for consumers of the Mental Health Intensive Discharge Team (MIND), their carers and relevant stakeholders, as part of an interprofessional team to expediate discharge from Metro North Mental Health Facilities.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Respect – demonstrates interpersonal savvy, manages conflict appropriately, communicates effectively and balances the needs of all stakeholders with utmost respect to all people at all times
• Teamwork – collaborates effectively, develops talent, values differences and builds effective teams to bring about best use of resources to deliver healthcare services
• Compassion – is patient / client focussed, demonstrates self-awareness and the effects of behaviour on others, deals with or manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the delivery of patient services or support in the delivery of services to patients
• High Performance – cultivates innovation, is action oriented, drives results and supports Metro North Health's vision and purpose to exceed expectations of our patients and stakeholders
• Integrity – demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively / manages complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard

In Terms of technical knowledge, skills and experience within the context of responsibilities described above under Key Accountabilities the ideal applicant will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

 Clinical Expertise: Demonstrated advanced level of knowledge, skills and expertise in social work clinical practice in the field of complex psychosocial disability and presentations of challenging behaviours.  

  Communication/Team participation: Demonstrated advanced ability to communicate and participate effectively as a member of an interprofessional team, including providing expert clinical advice to external service providers, clinicians, and family/carers of clients, and effective leadership in application of conflict management.  

  Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide professional and clinical leadership within the MIND team, including, clinical supervision and support for less experienced practitioners and students, setting, maintaining and evaluating clinical practice standards.    

  Quality improvement: Demonstrated ability to lead, implement and evaluate service improvement initiatives through continuous quality improvement, knowledge translation and research projects that enhance outcomes for consumers of MIND and influence clinical practice standards across Queensland.     

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/conditions/salary/sacrifice )
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Job ad reference number: MN546650
Close date: Tuesday, 5th March 2024

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED