Social Work Grade 1 and 2 Opportunities
Alfred Health
- Melbourne, VIC
- $67,850-99,700 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Permanent or Fixed-term Positions
- Casual Weekend Grade 2 Social workers
- Full-Time, Part-Time and opportunities for weekend work
- Social Worker Grade 1 to Grade 2 (SC12-SC16 and SC21-SC24)
- Full Time Salary Range - $67,849.60 to $99,699.60
- Alfred Health locations (Alfred, Caulfield and Sandringham Hospitals)
- Staff benefits
- Counselling
- Discharge Planning
- Crisis interventions
- Bereavement counselling
- Family support
- Care coordination
- Making Appropriate referrals
- Community liaison
- Trauma - Emergency, ICU, Burns, TAC, Hyperbaric
- Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS
- Cardiology including Transplant and Cardiothoracic
- Cancer - Bone Marrow Transplant, Radiotherapy, Haematology and Palliative Care
- General Medical Units
- Aged Care and Neurosciences
- Renal and Cystic Fibrosis
- The ability to liaise, actively engage and collaborate with health professionals, family members and community agencies.
- Conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments through the use of clinical reasoning to formulate and facilitate timely quality discharge plans.
- Consulting with colleagues and staff from other disciplines on issues relevant to patient care and providing advanced casework expertise to patients.
- Being responsible for maintaining and managing a complex caseload within the clinical unit and the social work department.
- Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Bachelor of Social Work, or recognised equivalent
- Experience in an acute hospital setting is preferable
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and with families, exhibiting initiative and facilitative qualities
- Previous experience working within a hospital setting
- Knowledge of working within an Electronic medical record will be required for this role
- Salary packaging
- Discounted private health insurance
- Onsite parking (subject to availability)
- Gym and library facilities (Alfred Hospital)
- Close to public transport and shops