Role title: Social Worker Level 3 (Year 1 - 2)
Role type: Max Term Full Time (May 2026)
Department and location: Assertive Community Management Team, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
Salary: $112,396.09 - $116,038.01 + super

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About the role

• Join our dynamic workforce utilising innovative, evidence-based skills and interventions.
• Providing outreach assertive case management support to people in the community
• Professionally support people requestion assistance with alcohol and drug use.
• We employ trauma informed practice and a respectful, person-centred approach.
• Demonstrated understanding of the health and social issues affecting people who use drugs
• Understanding of harm reduction-based approaches in working with substance use.

About you

• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary teams in a high demand environment with competing priorities with sound liaison, negotiation and time management.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of legislative requirements for domestic violence, child protection, guardianship and victims of crime.
• Demonstrated high level clinical skills, knowledge and/or experience in bio-psychosocial assessment, counselling, therapy interventions, case management, advocacy and discharge planning.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with minimal direct supervision

Why work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk 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. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent's hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city 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 at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• 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

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment 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 19 March 2025

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role addressing the selection criteria below:

1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia
2.Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent tertiary qualification with eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with relevant health experience
3.High level skills and experience in social work models of practice, experience working with vulnerable clients with complex health and psycho-social needs in a community setting.
4.Demonstrated understanding of harm reduction, motivational interviewing and strength-based approaches in working with people who have alcohol and substance use dependence.
5.Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, manage competing demands with minimal direct supervision, and high-level engagement and performance in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
6.Demonstrated commitment to personal and professional development including providing clinical supervision and ability to lead quality improvement and service development projects.
7.Demonstrated highly effective communication and interpersonal skills
8.Current unrestricted NSW driver's licence.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.