- Permanent, Fixed-term
- Casual Weekend Grade 2 Social workers
- Full-Time, Part-Time and opportunities for weekend work
- Social Worker Grade 1 to Grade 2
- Alfred Health locations
- Staff benefits
- Counselling
- Discharge Planning
- Crisis interventions
- Bereavement counselling
- Family support
- Care coordination
- Making Appropriate referrals
- Community liaison
- Trauma - Emergency, ICU, Burns, TAC, Hyperbaric
- Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS
- Cardiology including Transplant and Cardiothoracic
- Cancer - Bone Marrow Transplant, Radiotherapy, Haematology and Palliative Care
- General Medical Units
- Aged care and Neurosciences
- Renal and Cystic Fibrosis
- The ability to liaise, actively engage and collaborate with health professionals, family members and community agencies.
- Conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments through the use of clinical reasoning to formulate and facilitate timely quality discharge plans.
- Consulting with colleagues and staff from other disciplines on issues relevant to patient care and provide advanced casework expertise to patients.
- Being responsible for maintaining and managing a complex caseload within the clinical unit and the social work department.
- Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
- Bachelor of Social Work, or recognised equivalent.
- Experience in an acute hospital setting is preferable.
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and with families, exhibiting initiative and facilitative qualities.
- Previous experience working within a hospital setting.
- Knowledge of working within an Electronic medical record will be required for this role
- Salary packaging
- Discounted private health insurance
- Onsite parking (subject to availability)
- Gym and library facilities (Alfred Hospital)
- Child care services (Alfred Hospital)
- Close to public transport and shops
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Social Worker - Melbourne, Australia - Alfred Health
Description
Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
Currently, we are looking for Social Workers to join our Weekend Social Work Service - if you are a Social worker who has experience in hospital discharge planning then please let us know if you are interested in joining our Weekend Social Work Team
Are you a Social Worker looking for your next challenge? Come join the Alfred Health Allied Health Team
The Department
The Social Work Department operates in accordance with the philosophy and goals of The Alfred. A focus on the quality of life and participation in care is a primary goal of the Department.
Social Work aims to identify and address the psychosocial impacts of illness and hospitalisation for patients and their families by providing a range of services that increase the quality of life and participation in care. Social Work also assists patients and their families with a smooth transition from hospital to home.
Social Work provides a range of services including:
Social Work provides services in a range of locations and clinical specialities including:
The Role
The Grade 1 Social Worker is perfect for new graduate social workers
The Grade 2 Social Worker will have at least 3 years of experience
The Grade 3 Social Worker will have at least 5 years of experience
The Social Worker is responsible for the provision of advanced social work services to patients and their families/significant others within The Alfred hospital.
This position aims to reduce length of stay in the acute hospital setting, prevent admissions to inpatient wards, coordinate hospital and community services, prevent re-admissions to emergency and improve patient outcomes and consumer satisfaction. Development and maintenance of community linkages are important in this position.
The Social Worker role includes working in a multi-disciplinary team environment and providing advanced social work services including:
Skills/Qualifications Required
Staff Benefits
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