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Mental Health Social Worker

St John of God Health Care
Geelong, VIC
A$92,652-$110,805 p/a + 11.5% super
Healthcare & Medical → Psychology, Counselling & Social Work
Full-time
On-site

Posted 7 days ago


Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 27 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,500 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

St John of God Social Outreach, Raphael Service provides support and specialised mental health services to parents and families where the parent is experiencing a perinatal infant mental health problem and/or where there are parent-infant relationship issues. The service is based in the community and provided at no cost to clients

Your role at St John of God Social Outreach
We are looking to hire a Mental Health Social Worker (Grade 2) on a permanent basis to join our Raphael Centre in Geelong, Victoria.

As a Social Worker, you will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to provide senior social work services to consumers. Practices as a Social Worker and ensures practice is in accordance to the Australian Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and Practice Guidelines and SJGHC policies and guidelines.

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: $92,652 to $110,805 per annum (pro rata for part time), plus 11.5% superannuation
  • Permanent part-time working 30.4 hours per week
  • Salary packaging up to $18,550 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 0476 815 588.

Applications close: May 30th

St John of God Social Outreach is committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in its care and proactively takes measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.


About St John of God Health Care

Murdoch, WA, Australia
Healthcare & Medical
5001-10000 employees

St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) is a leading health care provider, with private hospitals, home nursing, pathology and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

As a Catholic not-for-profit group SJGHC return all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing social outreach services to people in need to improve health and wellbeing.

With more than 120 years of experience in health care, we have an excellent reputation for providing quality health services to metropolitan and regional communities.

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