Social Worker - Rehabilitation
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Job Description:
Role Title: Social Worker
Role Type: FixTerm FullTime
Role Grade: Social Work Level 12
Department and Location: Social Work St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst
Salary: $73427.07 $104752.76 per annum super
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest notforprofit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.
About the Role:
FixTerm FullTime role providing comprehensive social work ser to patients families and carers in our rehabilitation team.
Conduct psychosocial assessments for patients and assess issues of risk
Drive patient care and safe discharge planning including referral to community services short and longterm accommodation/ placement for patients.
Provision of counselling individual and family to facilitate adaptation to medical conditions lifestyle implications and issues of anticipatory grief and loss.
Advocate for patients families and carers as appropriate including where required applications to NCAT: Guardianship Division and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Housing NSW Department of Home Affairs My Aged Care (MAC) LTCS facilitate CTP claims and other Government and NGO entities as required.
About You:
Degree in Social Work and eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with evidence of clinical experience in a hospital or health related field as a practising Social Worker.
Demonstrated clinical skills and knowledge in psychosocial assessment counselling therapy interventions case management advocacy and discharge planning.
Knowledge in one and/or clinical experience in rehabilitation across both within an inpatients and outpatients setting.
Demonstrated experience and ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary teams in a highpressure environment with competing demands with sound negotiation and liaison skills.
Welldeveloped time management prioritisation computer written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to participate in an extended hours on call service.
Why Work at St Vincents
Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most atrisk people in our community
Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary taxfree
Financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave
About the Hospital:
In this role you will be based at St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst.
A busy innercity hospital in a beautiful location
Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches
A place of expert clinical care for atrisk people
Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located oncampus
Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health
Preemployment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all rolerequired preemployment checks including relevant immunisations.
Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 30 May 2025.
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the About You as above.
Further information please contact
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
