Mental Health Social Worker
Mental Health Social Worker
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Job Description
Your role at St John of God Social Outreach
We are looking to hire a Mental Health Social Worker (Grade 2) on a permanent part-time basis to join our Mental Wellbeing Services in Bendigo Victoria.
Our team comes from a range of clinical health and community care backgrounds. Together we offer an equally broad range of evidence-based mental health support and education counselling and psychotherapy services.
All delivered in the community. All tailored to suit the individuals and families that need them. All in partnership with general practitioners and other local healthcare providers.
You will be expected to work independently and demonstrate a specialist level knowledge and depth of experience participate in teaching training and research to supervisor students and mentor junior caregivers.
The Position
Provide evidence based senior Social Work services to consumers/carers within the clinical specialty area/s.
Provide Social Work assessment intervention and evaluation at an advanced practice level for complex and general caseload/s.
Ensures prioritisation and delegation of duties for own caseload and supervised caregivers.
Contributes to the evaluation of the Social Work Service and Clinical Specialty to ensure continuous improvement.
Ensures effective multidisciplinary team work through professional communication and comprehensive liaison with colleagues consumers/carers and service providers.
Ensures maintenance of appropriate clinical documentation and clinical information systems.
Demonstrates reflective practice and commitment to professional development.
Supports Social Work service through communicating issues and ideas for enhancing the service (through to the coordinator of Social Work).
You will have senior clinical experience and leadership in a specialised area of practice within a healthcare setting ability to undertake professional supervision and/or mentor junior staff and develop evidence based innovative clinical practices and initiation of quality improvement activities.
Successful applicants will have tertiary qualifications in Social Work and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Work and eligible for Mental Health credentialing.
Must be eligible for a Medicare provider number.
Above all patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.
We can offer:
Salary: $92652 to $110805 plus 11.5% superannuation
Permanent part-time working 22.5 hours per week
Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
Novated leasing
work related expenses
self-education and
additional superannuation
A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options additional purchased leave & well-being programs
Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
For enquiries please contact Janet Foggin Manager Mental Wellbeing & Raphael Services VIC on.
Applications close: July 4th
At St John of God Social Outreach we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse ensuring their safety and well-being.
Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure welcoming and accessible and unified through our diverse community.
Employment Type
Part-Time
