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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.
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Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful.
Our Journey
We are now looking to appoint a permanent full time Grade 3 Senior Social Worker to our Women’s and Children’s team at Casey Hospital. You will have opportunities for amazing professional development, career growth and be a part of an awesome and supportive social work team at Monash Health.
We are a busy and dynamic team assisting patients and families by providing a professional service for patients referred across the acute and sub-acute inpatient setting.
Our Social Work service includes Women’s and Children’s services, Adult Acute, Sub-Acute (Aged and Rehabilitation) and specialty areas such as Intensive Care and Emergency Department.
The successful applicants will have the opportunity to be a part of a busy, energetic and friendly Allied Health team.
This position is based at Casey Hospital.
A Day in the Life
As a Monash Health employee, you will have the ability to maintain a high level of communication with patients, visitors and colleagues enabling you to deliver exceptional care. As a member of the team you are integral to the Monash Health Social Work service delivery and consistently demonstrate our core values. You will be part of a flexible workforce with personalised support.
What you Bring
The Grade 3Social Worker is expected to provide quality care for clients with the use of competent clinical skills, effective communication, and active participation within the social work service and multidisciplinary teams.
The role is recognised for the clinical expertise, consolidated skills and professional knowledge, ability to provide consultation and clinical leadership to health professionals within the Social Work Department and wider hospital setting, including liaison with senior medical, nursing and allied health teams.
More specifically the incumbent will be responsible for co-ordinating and leading a social work stream in the provision of effective, high-quality care for patients in the designated stream. The incumbent will assist with management, supervision and professional development of staff and students. A caseload will be carried in designated areas, maintaining clinical expertise.
What you Need:
To be considered for this important role you will ideally possess the following:
Bachelor of Social Work or Masters Social Work Qualifying OR Master of Social Work, OR equivalent as assessed and approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
Eligible for ordinary membership of AASW (http://www.aasw.asn.au/)
Minimum of seven years’ experience as a qualified Social Worker.
Accredited Social Worker: as approved by the AASW
A current Victorian Driver’s Licence
Desirable: Completion of a post-graduate qualification in a relevant field or working towards such a qualification
In Return:
Exposure to a variety of hospital settings and working with Monash Health’s exceptional healthcare clinicians
Receive corporate benefits such as salary packaging, access to staff parking, on site Gym, and Employee Assistance Program
You will receive all casual employee benefits
You will be provided with Continuing education and access to online resources
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Brooke Webb, Social Work Manager for Dandenong and Casey Hospital, 0417 319 *** or email ************@monashhealth.org
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. 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
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system.
To apply to this position, please copy and paste the URL below into a web browser, to be redirected to our MH Careers Site:
https://careers.monashhealth.org/job/Berwick-Social-Worker-Grade-3-Women's-and-Children's%2C-Casey-Hospital-VIC-3806/1052643766/
