Social Worker

• Make a difference at one of Australias leading health care providers
• Generous salary packaging benefits ongoing professional development and supportive team environment
• Seeking a Social Worker with acute hospital or inpatient rehabilitation experience
• Casual Position Available

About the role

Calvary Adelaide Hospital is the largest private hospital in South Australia and we are seeking an experienced Social worker to join our dynamic multidisciplinary Allied Health team.

As a member of the multidisciplinary Allied Health team the Social Worker will provide high quality clinical social work services across a range of clinical areas in accordance with the prescribed professional and ethical standards. The Social Worker will report to the Allied Health Manager and predominantly work with patients in acute and rehabilitation settings at Calvary Adelaide Hospital.

Key Responsibilities

• Practice to highest professional standards as guided by the Australian Association of Social Workers
• Promote high quality patient outcomes for patents and their families including liaison and negotiation in complex case management through involvement in the interdisciplinary team networking and education
• Ensure the patient voice is included in all aspects of holistic patient care including safety information and responding appropriately to any acts of unprofessional conduct
• Promote open and honest communication between all health care providers the patient and their family
• Apply knowledge skills professional judgement and initiative in the delivery of Social Work services including novel complex or difficult tasks under limited supervision
• Establishment of sustainable resources for consistent navigation through complex systems such as the NDIS and SACAT
• To actively participate in discharge planning with patients families and the health care team
• Participate in staff educational and training opportunities and provide in-service training to other staff as appropriate

What you bring

• Registration with the Australian Association of Social Workers
• Minimum 2 years of experience in an acute health care setting
• Ability to work under minimum supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in service provision for people with diverse backgrounds
• Extensive knowledge of Australian Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics AASW and Practice Standards AASW
• Ability to work in partnership with patients and their relatives to meet their spiritual and cultural needs
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Capacity and skills to provided a broad range of social work services for acute and rehabilitation settings
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a broad range of psychosocial issues including family conflict trauma acquired disability domestic violence elder abuse child protection mental illness cognitive decline responses n issues associated with terminal illness and bereavement and grief situations
• A desire to join a team committed to the care of others in a mission based organisation

For further information please contact Caroline Pillman Allied Health Manager on or.