Job Description

Social Worker – Mental Health Accredited (Grade 2)

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Essendon Private Clinic is a fully accredited 32-bed private psychiatric hospital delivering evidence-based mental health care in Melbourne's Inner North-West. We take a neurodiversity-affirming, whole-person approach, integrating psychiatric, psychological, therapeutic, and lifestyle medicine support for consumers with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, personality disorders, and co-occurring conditions.

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The Role

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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.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Deliver individual therapy sessions and facilitate inpatient and outpatient group programs independently
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- Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide recovery-oriented counselling and planning
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- Work with families and carers, including family conferencing and support
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- Play a key role in discharge planning, ensuring protected, coordinated transitions from inpatient to community care
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- Develop and maintain strong referral pathways to community services and external supports
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- Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and clinical handovers
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- Work collaboratively with nursing, psychiatry, and allied health teams while maintaining professional autonomy
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- Contribute to best practice implementation, service development, and quality improvement initiatives
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- Maintain accurate clinical documentation in accordance with hospital policies
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What You'll Need

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- Degree in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership
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- Minimum 1+ year experience as a Social Worker in healthcare or mental health settings
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- Sound knowledge of the mental health system and private hospital-based or rehabilitation models of care
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- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
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- Strong therapeutic and counselling skills, including demonstrated competencies in one or more therapeutic frameworks such as CBT, DBT, ACT, or Compassion Focused Therapy
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- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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- Intermediate computer literacy and clinical documentation skills
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- Current Working With Children Check; willingness to undergo National Police Check
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- Full Australian working rights
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- Mental Health Accreditation with the AASW
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- Private hospital or rehabilitation setting experience
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- Experience managing complex family dynamics, including family violence and familiarity with the MARAM framework
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- Knowledge of NDIS, TAC, or WorkCover processes
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- Familiarity with trauma-informed care and strengths-based practices
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Why Join Us

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- Supportive, collaborative allied health environment
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- Opportunity to work across inpatient and outpatient programs
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- Meaningful clinical work in high-quality private mental health care
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- Monthly external supervision (EPC-funded on pro-rata basis)
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- Opportunity to support whole-person recovery aligned with our model of care
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📌 Social Worker - Mental Health Accredited (Grade 2) (Victoria)
🏢 Essendon Private Clinic
📍 Victoria