Mental Health Social Worker Graduate Programme

Graduate Social Worker - Rotating into our Allied HealthEarlyCareersProgramme(Fixed term 24 months)

To apply for this position,you must:

- Have completed a BachelororMaster’s inSocialWorkand ready to commencework
- Be eligible for AASW membership;
- If your qualification was obtained overseas, please provide an International Qualification Assessment via AASWandattachthis toyour application
- Hold a current Victorian driver’s license

The Allied Health Graduate Programmeoffers:

- Supported learning across a range of mental health settings
- 24-monthfixed term position.
- Regular rotations, offering experiences in a variety of mental health clinical settings
- Reflective practice (individual and group), professionaldevelopmentand learning opportunities
- Support from the Social Work Clinical Educatorsand theAllied Health Early Careers Team

All applicants mustpossess:

- A strong interest in mental health and passionate about pursuing a career in public mental health
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- An ability to work as a team member and contribute to team decisions, as well as the willingness to learn from those around you
- A willingness to work under the Mental Health andWellbeingAct 2022
- An understanding ofthebiopsychosocialissuesexperienced by consumers and their supporters
- A commitment to helping meet the needs of consumers and their families, carers & supporters
- A willingness to workunder the MARAM andInformationSharingFramework.
- Agrowth mindset andcommitmentto career development
- Be within twenty-four months of completion of tertiary Social Work qualification
- Computer literacy

About the Role

As a participant of the St Vincent’s Mental Health Allied Health Graduate Program (Social Work) you will have the opportunity toparticipatemultiple rotations over 24 months.



The program is designed to support newly graduated social workers to develop mental health competencies and successfully transition into the mental health workforce.

TheAllied Health Graduate programmehas a strong focus on growth learning, reflective practice,supervisionand self-care. The positions are embedded in clinical settings,working as part of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams.

These positions will rotate through various areas of St Vincent’s Mental Health Service, across adult and older adult services,potentiallyincluding inpatient units, communityteamsandresidentialrecovery services.

Allied Health Educatorsprovideeducationopportunities, includingregular individual andgroupsupervision, localisedmentoringand regular professional development.

The positionseeksto build thecapacityof the public mental health workforce, to attract Social Workers who are passionate about a career inpublicmental health. The roles alsoprovidean opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the lives of consumers with a mental illness, andtheirsupporters.

Classifications for this position will range from Social Worker Grade 2 YC42 - YC45 ($74,885 - $87,141 per annum pro rata)

About St Vincent’s Mental Health

St Vincent’s Mental Health Service is an area-based mental health serviceoperatingin theinner-cityareas of Yarra and Boroondara.It includes a range of inpatient, residential andcommunity-basedprograms, providing treatment to adults and older adults who experience acute and complex mental health issues.Multidisciplinary teamsprovidea range of clinical and therapeutic interventions underpinned by a strong commitment to recovery focused practice and person-centred care.

Why Work in Mental Health at St Vincent’s?

- Work with people who are passionate about recovery.
- Experience a positive work culture within an historical, values-based organisation originallyestablishedto serve socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in the local community

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📌 Social Work Graduate (Yarra Ranges Shire)
🏢 St Vincent's Health Australia
📍 Yarra Ranges Shire