Social Work Grade 2 HIV Service
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Job Summary
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.
Social Worker Grade 2 Infectious Diseases Unit/HIV Service Outward Program
Permanent role
Full Time
Grade 2 Classification
HIV Services- Alfred Health
Great staff benefits
The Role
The Social Worker is responsible for the provision of Social Work services to patients living with HIV and their families/significant others as part of The Alfred Statewide HIV Service. The role works across the inpatient and outpatient hospital setting and within the community to provide a Social Work service to people living with HIV. This role may also provide inpatient Social Work to general Infectious Diseases patients admitted to The consultation with the Team Leader and Senior Clinician the role includes providing a service to HIV Social Work outreach clinics in the community and other health care settings. This position includes a component of community outreach.
This position is part of the HIV Outward Program providing care and support to people living with HIV who may have multiple complex care needs. The HIV Outward Team is a multiple disciplinary team and the Social Worker will work in collaboration with Nursing Medical and Mental Health Clinicians. The Social Worker will provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments and reviews using clinical reasoning to formulate and facilitate timely quality care plans. The Social Worker will provide counselling to those newly diagnosed with HIV those with adjustment to illness or changes in care needs and for other issues including HIV stigma. A patient directed approach is central to how the dynamic multi-disciplinary team collaborate with the patient. The development and maintenance of community linkages and partnerships particularity in the HIV sector are critically important in this position. The Social Worker will be required to consult with the HIV Social Work Team Leader HIV Senior Social Worker and staff from other disciplines on issues relevant to patient care and provide advanced counselling and case work expertise. The Social Worker may provide inpatient social work to inpatients living with HIV to provide continuity of care and ensure optimal patient care and contribute to ensuring services and discharge planning for the patient. This inpatient work will involve building close collaborations and opening communication channels between members of all these teams/units.
The Victorian HIV Service
The Victorian HIV Service are national leaders in HIV clinical care and provide leadership into HIV policy development relating to clinical care. The Victorian HIV Service has in-hospital outpatient and community services available to The HIV affected community of metropolitan Melbourne and throughout rural and regional Victoria.
Skills
- Advanced social work skills and experience as evidenced by preferably 3 years post qualifying experience and a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Demonstrated experience in health and an understanding of this diverse patient population and the issues impacting their lives. A knowledge hospital admission and discharge planning process.
- The ability to work within a fast paced acute OR outpatient hospital environment and crisis responsive community context.
- An understanding of HIV stigma LGBTIQ loneliness/isolation CALD/ first nations populations homelessness family violence financial vulnerability NDIS aged care
- A good understanding of adjustment to illness and counselling support is vital for this role. Demonstrated experience in social work student supervision and an interest and commitment in the professional supervision of staff.
- Ability to develop and lead a portfolio clinic or program within the team.
- A good working knowledge of hospital and community settings and systems is crucial to this role as is a good understanding of working with an electronic medical record.
Benefits
Salary Packaging
Discount Health Insurance Car Parking (subject to availability)
Onsite Gym
Childcare services
All enquiries to Tess McAloon- Social Work Team Leader Infectious Diseases on.
Applications close 14/09/25
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020 health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the departments risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
Key Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acute Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health
- Intake Experience
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Child Welfare
- Experience with Children
- Social Work
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
At Alfred Health, we provide the most comprehensive range of healthcare services in Victoria through our three hospital campuses, a large network of community programs and 18 state-wide services.
