Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Grade 1 Social Worker to join the Social Work team.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

About the Role:

The Grade 1 Social Worker is required to provide quality patient centred care through the application of competent clinical skills in assessment, planning, implementation of treatment and discharge planning.

This position is fixed term full time until September 2025.

This role involves providing clinical Social Work services to patients as required, with an appropriate level of support and supervision. The Social Worker will be expected to contribute as a member of the Northern Health Social Work team. This position is a rotating Social Work position meaning that the worker will rotate into various clinical roles after a fixed period of time, currently 6 months. There is potential for this role to be extended beyond the fixed term period.

The role is currently based within the Subacute Social Work team and provides leave cover across Bundoora, Broadmeadows and Kilmore sites. The Social Worker will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, responding to inpatient referrals and providing psychosocial assessments and interventions to patients and their families.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Demonstrated clinical skills at a new graduate Grade 1 level of competence.
• Experience in undertaking psychosocial assessments & putting in place appropriate interventions.
• Demonstrated effective verbal communication skills with colleagues and patients/carers.
• Well-developed written communication skills as evidenced in documentation and written reports.
• Effective interpersonal skills e.g. problem solving, decision making, etc.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Proven ability to manage stressful clinical and/or non-clinical situations appropriately.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to show initiative and flexibility.
• High standard of professional behaviour.
• Knowledge of processes, legislation and community services related to VCAT, Aged Care, NDIS, Elder Abuse, Child Protection, Family Violence, Homelessness and Mental Health
• Knowledge of the Family Violence Legal Reforms including; the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment & Management (MARAM) Framework and the Information Sharing Schemes (FVISS/CISS).
• Competent computer skills particularly in, e-mail, internet use, and the ability to learn dedicated software.
• An appreciation and understanding of cultural diversity in the community.
• Proven ability to promote and advocate the role of Social Work within a multidisciplinary team.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Alycea Formosa, Subacute Clinical Leader 0409 388 317

Applications close 13 June 2025