Senior Social Worker

Employment Type: Grade 3, Fixed term contract, until January 2027

Hours: 64 hrs per fortnight

Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital, Health Independence Program

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Contact: Kerrie Johns [email protected]

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

As part of HIP you will be based in a dynamic office working alongside a multidisciplinary team of Allied Health Staff and Specialist Nurses who provide a high level of support and care coordination to HIP clients within the Wyndham catchment.

This is a high performing team working Monday to Friday, office hours.  You are not required to work weekends or public holidays. 

HIP consists of 5 services: Community Based Rehabilitation, Complex Care (HARP), Falls and Balance Clinic, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Continence Clinic.

The Senior Social Worker/Care Coordinator role services the Complex Care team as a Care Coordinator, and the other clinics in a Social Work capacity.

Supporting clients in the community and within the outpatient setting, your role would include:

• Conducting home visits, comprehensive psychosocial assessments, supporting clients to access services such as Centrelink, NDIS or VCAT, facilitating family meetings, completing appropriate referrals and presenting at case conferences.
• An extensive understanding and awareness of working in a community setting - community experience is desirable
• Demonstrated higher level of skills in clinical decision making, comprehensive psychosocial assessments, problem identification and analysis
• Extensive knowledge and experience in applying the most appropriate interventions to best support the client
• Being able to provide expertise in a specialty area to client and the HIP team, such as family violence, advance care planning, child protection, mental health assessment and support, disability support.
• Commitment and expertise in providing supervision to staff and students
• To actively participate in the development of care coordination /rehabilitation and social work knowledge and practice through quality assurance and research activities  
• Utilising motivational interviewing techniques to help clients explore and resolve their uncertainty, as well as setting SMART goals

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• Broad range of experience in some of the following areas: advocacy, mental health, housing and homelessness, carer related needs, elder abuse or psycho social issues
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
• Demonstrated experience in providing a leadership role to promote teamwork and development

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
• Full Victorian Driver’s License (no restrictions)
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social worker

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.