Senor Clinician Social Worker
Grade 3 Social Worker- Full time, permanent opportunity (Western Health at Home)
Western Health is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Grade 3 Social Worker to join our Western Health at Home multidisciplinary teams.
This role works as part of well-supported and innovative teams providing home-based and centre-based care to Western Health at Home patients.
The purpose of this position is to:
- Provide best practice patient centred clinical care to clients within the allocated caseload admitted to Western Health at Home programs.
- To provide specialized social work support to patients that are experiencing crisis, trauma, or other complex social and health-related issues. The role involves case management, advocacy, and direct support, as well as supervision and leadership within the social work team.
- Assess and provide therapeutic interventions for patients facing a range of challenges, such as family violence, child protection concerns, mental health issues, and complex issues.
- Contribute to the development of Western Health at Home services.
This role offers the opportunity for development in leadership and creative problem solving, with a mixture of work across admitted and non-admitted programs within Western Health at Home.
To be successful in this role you:
- Demonstrate commitment to provision of social work support and intervention
- Have extensive knowledge and experience in patient care in community setting
- Have strong collaboration and time management skills
- Have experience working within multidisciplinary teams
- Will demonstrate highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Have a valid Victorian Drivers Licence
For further information regarding this opportunity please contact Cath Grant (Operations Manager- Western Health at Home) on 0466 469 372
Applications close at 11:59pm on 5 April 2025
About Us
Our workforce of over 13,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of mental health and community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:
• Professional development support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Work-life balance
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance and (if applicable) a Working with Children’s Check.
Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.
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