Social Worker Women's and Children's Inpatients - Grade 2

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Social Workers to join the Acute Social Work Team based at our Epping campus.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic,dynamicand cutting-edge Grade 2 Social Workerto join theAcute Social Workteam at Northern HealthEpping, on a permanent basis.

This role requiresa Grade 2 Social Worker to provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments, interventionsanddischarge planning to patients and their families onthe Women's and Children'sinpatient wards at our Epping site.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- Highly developed interpersonal, practical negotiation, conflictresolutionand communication skills.




- Excellent organization skills,yet beflexible, to enable you to meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent and concise documentation skills.
- A demonstrated capacity to work as a team playerboth within the multi-disciplinary team, the Acute Social Work team, sepecially with Ante-natal Social Workersand bean excellent communicator who is comfortable engaging productively with staff at all levels of the health service.
- Significant experiencein undertaking comprehensive psychosocial assessments, intervention, discharge planning of infants, children, adolscents and adult patients within a hospital inpatientsetting.
- Demonstrated knowledge of, and proven ability to access appropriate supports (eg. Family Violence Services, Child & Family Services & other relevant agencies) to ensure appropriate discharge plans for, as well as a sound understanding of relevant legislation.
- Responsible for practicing at an Intermediate Practice Level in accordance with the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment & Management (MARAM) Framework.
- A good working knowledge of and proven ability to access appropriatesupportsfor and work with various sectors (eg.RACF,TCP programs,ACAS,housing services) to arrangeappropriate dischargeplans
- A commitment to self-initiated continuing professional development.

Next Steps . .

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Sarah Howard or Laura Chiminello, Senior Social Workers, ***

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📌 Social Worker Women's and Children's Inpatients - Grade 2 (Melbourne)
🏢 Northern Health
📍 Melbourne