Social Worker – Grade 2

Aged Psychiatric Assessment / Treatment Team (APATT)

• Full Time position working 80 hours per fortnight – 8.30am-5pm
• Excellent work-life balance; Monday-Friday roster plus an accrued day off each month
• Great location based at Royal Park Campus in Parkville, close to public transport and onsite parking

• Work within Public Community Mental Health as part of Royal Melbourne Hospital – follow an outreach model servicing Older People within their home.

Our Team:

• We are a multidisciplinary team who strive to provide the highest quality mental health care to the people we work with, their families and significant others
• We work primarily with adults over the age of 65 years, providing them with support along their recovery journey
• We have a collaborative and respectful working environment that allows us to make a positive impact on the lives of Older People

The Role:

• Case-management guided by recovery and biopsychosocial models
• Holding a caseload of consumers with complex and severe mental health related needs
• Engage in new assessments and regular reviews with consumers
• Participation in duty roster – managing in-coming community referrals and inpatient bed requests
• Prioritizing and attending to crisis as required
• Communication with family, significant others and linking consumers with external organisations

About You:

• Demonstrate a good understanding of mental health needs for older adults (primarily 65years +)
• Negotiate and collaborate effectively at all levels
• Work well autonomously and in larger team environment
• Previous experience working as a mental health clinician in either a community or inpatient setting
• Proven ability to undertake a range of biopsychosocial interventions with consumers
• Passionate about consumer care

Benefits of working with The Royal Melbourne Hospital/NorthWestern Mental Health:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• You will enjoy excellent work-life balance. We want you to stay long term!
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC).

All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement.

This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.