Join our Allied Health team as a Social Worker, delivering clinical interventions across inpatient and outpatient programs. You'll support adults experiencing complex mental health issues through psychosocial assessment, counselling, discharge planning, and community linkage, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver individual therapy sessions and facilitate inpatient and outpatient group programs independently

- Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide recovery-oriented counselling and planning

- Work with families and carers, including family conferencing and support

- Play a key role in discharge planning, ensuring safe, coordinated transitions from inpatient to community care

- Develop and maintain strong referral pathways to community services and external supports

- Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and clinical handovers

- Work collaboratively with nursing, psychiatry, and allied health teams while maintaining professional autonomy

- Contribute to best practice implementation, service development, and quality improvement initiatives

- Maintain accurate clinical documentation in accordance with hospital policies

What You'll Need

Essential:

- Degree in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership

- Minimum 1+ year experience as a Social Worker in healthcare or mental health settings





- Sound knowledge of the mental health system and private hospital-based or rehabilitation models of care

- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams

- Strong therapeutic and counselling skills, including demonstrated competencies in one or more therapeutic frameworks such as CBT, DBT, ACT, or Compassion Focused Therapy

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Intermediate computer literacy and clinical documentation skills

- Current Working With Children Check; willingness to undergo National Police Check

- Full Australian working rights

Desirable:

- Mental Health Accreditation with the AASW

- Private hospital or rehabilitation setting experience

- Experience managing complex family dynamics, including family violence and familiarity with the MARAM framework

- Knowledge of NDIS, TAC, or WorkCover processes

- Familiarity with trauma-informed care and strengths-based practices

Why Join Us?

- Supportive, cooperative allied health environment

- Opportunity to work across inpatient and outpatient programs

- Meaningful clinical work in high-quality private mental health care

- Monthly external supervision (EPC-funded on pro-rata basis)

- Opportunity to support whole-person recovery aligned with our model of care

How to Apply

- Click APPLY and submit your resume and cover letter via SEEK: Social Worker – Mental Health Accredited (Grade 2) Job in Essendon West, Melbourne VIC - SEEK

📌 Social Worker (Essendon)
🏢 Macquarie Hospital Group
📍 Essendon