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Form of workMonash at Home - Social Worker - Grade 1 (Full-time Ongoing Position)
Working in Health care has never been more important or meaningful
Our Journey
The Monash at Home – Aged and Rehabilitation Care service, previously GEM at Home, launched in December 2020. The service is a fundamental part of the broader Aged and Rehabilitation Division, providing safe and high-quality home-based subacute level care for individuals with complex medical, functional, and often cognitive issues, who require comprehensive, medically led multidisciplinary assessment and optimisation. The service is seen as an alternative to hospital-based subacute care, designed to facilitate an earlier discharge from acute care and/or to avoid a subacute hospital stay entirely. Patients within the service receive at least daily visits from a member of the multidisciplinary team and access to 24-hour telephone support. The model of care aims to provide short term, high quality, safe and effective patient centred care to individuals within the primary Monash Health catchment. The Program is entering an exciting phase of growth which will include, but not limited to, increasing the service clinical capacity and extending the geographical catchment.
These roles are located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria as well as servicing various Monash Health sites including The Kingston Centre in Cheltenham and Cranbourne. Travel to and working at any of these sites is a requirement of the role.
A Day in the Life
The Grade 1Social Worker with the Monash at Home – Aged and Rehabilitation Care service provides specialised assessment, diagnosis, treatment and provides prevention management strategies for subacute (Aged and Rehabilitation) patients. They are expected to provide best practice and excellent service delivery to our patients. You will work effectively and collaboratively while developing strong partnerships both within Monash Health, and outside organisation. The core function of the Grade 1Social Worker includes the following:
- Client assessment, planning, treatment and coordination of services to patients
- Consistent re-evaluation of protocols and practices and patient care to ensure best practice.
- Clinical mentoring and education for physiotherapy and other students
What You Bring:
You are passionate Social Worker with exceptional clinical knowledge and assessment skills, and ability to work with a range of stakeholders. You demonstrate this passion in delivering clinical care in the community setting and through working within a team in this field. You have proven ability to deliver successful, timely outcomes across service delivery, and you are an effective communicator who builds rapport rapidly, and whilst you can work autonomously, you are also a strong team player.
On a personal level, you can also demonstrate:
- Your forward thinking approach to care – your ideas matter to us
- Enthusiasm for working in a multifaceted role
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Ambition to grow your clinical skills and expand your knowledge
- Your proactive and team player attitude
- Your strong communication and interpersonal skills
What you need:
- Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Social Work Qualifying or recognised equivalent qualification.
- Accredited or eligible for ordinary membership of the AASW, or written evidence of eligibility
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence without restrictions
In return:
- A supportive and cohesive team within a larger interdisciplinary setting
- Genuine career progression pathways
- Continual opportunities to use your drive for innovation to develop services to meet the changing landscape within the broader health care system
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Jacinta Sadler, Allied Health and Psychology Manager – 0438 068 ***
To see first hand what our Allied Health team think about working at Monash Health, please take a look at the video's on our careers page: https://monashhealth.org./careers/allied-health
Monash Health is a great place to work
In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career. Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:
- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides health care to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 25,500 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne. We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and we are committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values:
How to Apply
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Preferred candidates will require a clear Police Check and a current Employee Working with Children’s Check and up to date COVID vaccinations prior to any offers of employment being made. As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.
Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at ***********@monashhealth.org
