Community Social Worker Grade 1 or Grade 2

Permanent Full Time

80 hours per fortnight with an ADO

Closing Date Sunday 22 October 2023

Attachments Position Description.

Flexible working arrangements (full & part-time, contract) and option to purchase additional leave to support work/life balance 

Relocation consultant support (housing, partner employment, childcare/education, social groups etc) 

Cash payment for relocation costs (up to $2,000) and other financial support for covering relocation costs through salary packaging ). 

External professional development funding support in the first 12 months (up to $2,000).

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About the role

Our Primary and Preventative Health team is actively seeking a highly motivated Community Social Worker to join our dynamic and collaborative multidisciplinary team. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for delivering counselling and rural outreach services to our community.

To be considered for this position, you must be a Qualified Social Worker and a member of the AASW. We prefer candidates with previous work experience in a hospital environment and demonstrated skills in counselling, as well as the ability to make sound assessments of treatment needs based on specialist recommendations and advocacy of a client-led process.

Your excellent communication skills and ability to engage with a diverse range of people are essential for success in this role. You must be comfortable working both autonomously and as a member of a team.

The successful candidate will also provide support for patients being discharged from the hospital, ensuring a smooth transition back into their homes and community. This may include monitoring recovery, organising and attending specialist appointments, providing supportive counselling, debriefing, and education relating to their hospital stay, and advocating for patients’ needs with recovery-based organisations.

The position will provide valuable assistance to community members seeking access to Allied Health Services as outpatients, promoting health and wellbeing outcomes through early intervention. The successful applicant will confidently participate in clinical meetings and committees, while taking an active role in developing and delivering group work areas such as chronic disease, postnatal depression, anger management, conflict resolution/mediation, mental health first aid, stress and anxiety, and rural adjustment issues as required.

You will bring:

• Relevant qualifications and registration in Social Work, Psychology or Counselling
• Ability to liaise and consult with health professionals in a multi-disciplinary team
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Highly effective interpersonal and team skills

About us

Western District Health Service is a leading and innovative sub-regional health service providing a comprehensive range of acute inpatient services, residential aged care and primary and community health services.

Hamilton, located 3.5 hours from Melbourne, and on the doorstep of the majestic Grampians National Park, is the hub of a large agricultural region and the centre of the shire for business, commerce, education, health, cultural and recreational facilities. Learn more – Visit Hamilton

You will be working alongside experienced, passionate leadership peers who are true to our values of Integrity, Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Empathy.

The successful applicant will hold, or be able to obtain, a current employee National Criminal Police Check.

Dependent on your position you be required to obtain an employee Victorian Working with Children Check Clearance, Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme check and / or NDIS Worker Screening Check.  

All successful applicants are to comply with mandatory vaccination requirements, including COVID, at WDHS – current immunisation records and evidence is required.

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Western District Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer that has a commitment to cultural safety, inclusion and empowerment of Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander, their families and communities and encourages them to apply. This organisation promotes the safety and wellbeing of children from culturally, linguistically diverse and aboriginal backgrounds and those with a disability.