COMPLETE Lead Social Worker - level 3 (Part Time to Full Time) - NSW Mater Hospital North Sydney

Job Description:

Join an Organisation where we Serve Something Greater; See Something Greater; and Strive for Something Greater!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Part Time to Full Time Social Worker to join a supportive and dynamic team at the Mater Hospital- North Sydney.

About the Role:

Permanent Part Time to Full Time Contract - 0.6 to 1FTE (22.5 to 38/40hours/week).

Days and hours of work negotiable.

Optional ADOs for Full Time role.

Job share potentially available.

Areas of work include oncology, palliative care, renal, ICU, general medicine, cardiac, acute orthopaedics. Opportunity for group based work and ongoing Professional Development.

Why work for the Mater
 

You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.

• Join the St Vincent’s Health Australia Group, and work for a truly values based organisation, who operate across VIC, NSW and QLD

• Salary packaging available (pay less tax and increase your take home pay!)

• Access to discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport

• Option to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good

• A great work life balance with options to purchase additional leave

• Receive a staff discount on hospital admissions to any SVHA Private Hospital

• Support in your professional development and a reward and recognition program

About You:

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and providing a specialised social work service to inpatients, their families, and carers in collaboration with other health care professionals at the Mater Hospital in designated clinical areas.

This is by way of:

• Participating as a member of the multidisciplinary team

• Carrying out the responsibilities of the position in a manner consistent with the mission of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.

• Facilitating person centred care and provide a continuity of psychosocial assessment, risk-management, support, counselling to inpatients at the Mater Hospital.

• Facilitating complex care and discharge planning and guiding psychosocial interventions

• Ensuring a high level of social work practice is maintained consistent with professional standards as defined by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

• Committing to ongoing professional development and teaching through research, education and mentoring junior staff and social work students

• Participating in strategic planning and quality improvement activities within the Allied Health Department

• Participating in meetings of AASW Special Interest Groups and other groups of relevance to the delivery of a high quality Social Work Service to patients at the Mater

• Supervising other Social Work team members - permanent and casual cohort
   

Essential Criteria

• Degree in Social Work from an accredited course providing eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with evidence of clinical experience in a hospital or health related field as a practicing Social Worker.

• Substantial post-graduate private or public hospital experience
   

Other Requirements

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the core values of The Mater mission

• Demonstrated advanced clinical reasoning, experience and practical skills to provide comprehensive social work service to patients, families and carers in an acute hospital environment.

• Advanced practice skills, knowledge and experience in adjustment to acute and chronic illness, conducting complex psychosocial assessments, case-management, crisis intervention, strengths- based and solution-focused counselling and interventions, end-of-life care and bereavement counselling and skills, group work, advocacy an safe care-planning

• Demonstrated experience and ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary and social work teams in a high pressured, specialised environment with competing demands and prioritise where necessary

• Well-developed skills in written and verbal communication, computer literacy, time management, prioritisation, liaison and negotiation

• Ability to undertake and contribute to projects and lead quality improvement and education activities with commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge base.

• Demonstrated experience in provision of clinical supervision, mentoring and development of level1/2 staff and students

• Demonstrated commitment to continuing education

Desirable requirements:

• Post-graduate private or public hospital experience at least four years

• Extensive experience in counselling of patients and their carers in palliative care

• Computer literacy

• Commitment to quality improvement

• Ability to be flexible and dynamic with work hours

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Apply Now!
If this is the role for you, please hit the APPLY button now! Your application must include:

• Cover Letter

• Resume

We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.

St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au.

Requirements
Criminal record and/or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role.

Mater Hospital has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

SVHA generally requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact

Sian Willis or Georgie Young

Allied Health Managers

sian.willis@svha.org.au or georgie.young@svha.org.au

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Review the following documents:

JR133403_Health declaration form.pdf

JR133403_Level 3 Social Worker Position Description.pdf

Contact Details:

Sian Willis, Allied Health Manager, sian.willis@svha.org.au, 99237195

Alternate Contact:

Georgie Young, Allied Health Manager, georgie.young@svha.org.au 99237195

Closing Date:

30 November 2023 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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