Social Worker G2 - Melbourne, Australia - Austin Health

Austin Health

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type:
Part time

Organisation:
Austin Health

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Community Services, Health and Allied Health, Other, Medical, Nursing, Aged Care

Reference: 50226

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Ongoing part time Social Work position:

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0.5EFT - 19hrs/wk:

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Located at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Kew

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 Mary Guthrie House:

A unique, state-wide multi-component nueropsychiatry unit providing individualised, slow stream recovery support to adults with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) or neurodegenerative condition, and associated mental illness, including responsive behaviours.

The unit has a neuropsychiatric rehabilitation focus, working collaboratively with consumers to improve and maintain functional independence and to live their best life, as they define it.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced social worker to work within a specialist neuropsychiatry unit as part of a supportive, dedicated multi-disciplinary team.

A regular day will see you:

**Work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers and key stakeholders**:
Contribute social work expertise within the mulitdisciplinary team:

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Actively liaise with community service providers and coordinate care to support consumer engagement with community and discharge planning:

Contribute to ongoing evaluation and improvement initiatives and portfolio work, in collaboration with leadership

About you:

Ideally, you'll have:
- **Excellent communication skills**:

Demonstrated clinical experience in relation to social work assessment, care planning and provision of clinical interventions:
Knowledge and experience in consumer centred care; supported decision making; and the recovery model:

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Sound knowledge of the clinical mental health/NDIS interface and experience working with NDIS providers:

A keen interest in working in a specialist neuropsychiatry unit

Our benefits:

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 take-home 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 wellbeing program:
Mentoring and career development opportunities:

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Flexible, hybrid working arrangements

Inclusion at Austin:

**Work with us