Social Worker G2 - Melbourne, Australia - Austin Health

Austin Health

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time, Part time

Organisation:
Austin Health

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Health and Allied Health

Reference: 48603

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Social Worker

Grade 2:
Full time, or Part Time (minimum 24 hours) Permanent Position:

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Austin Hospital, Heidelberg

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide.

We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the role:

This role will suit an experienced Social Worker.

As the leave reliever you will use your broad skill set to deliver care to patients and families in a range of different settings including wards, outpatients and specialized areas.

A regular day will see you assess new patients as they are admitted, providing emotional support or counselling, developing and implementing intervention plans, developing discharge plans including working with a range of agencies.

In this role you will also have the opportunity to clinically supervise and guide the practice of social workers employed within the social work department, develop health care policy, advocate for patient rights and train other staff.

You will have access to internal and external professional training, learning support and supervision to support your growth and career development.

Key responsibilities:
- provide counselling services to patients and families
- supervise social work staff
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undertake quality improvement work /policy development:

train other staff

You must have:

A degree in Social Work

Ideally you'll have:

- an understanding of health

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.

Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

Greater takehome pay through generous salary packaging
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive well being program
Mentoring and career development opportunities
On site childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options

Inclusion at Austin:

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