Senior Social Worker

at  Mercy Health

ABOUT YOU:

• Willingness and ability to participate in a weekend roster and public holiday roster. Can negotiate frequency of weekend work
• Bachelor or Masters of Social Work
• Advanced clinical Social Work skills
• Hospital Social Work and /or substantial, diverse community service sector experience
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team with complex individuals and families, across the lifespan
• Strong understanding of, and ability to comply with relevant legislation and frameworks underpinning health social work
• Enthusiastic and demonstrated team building and leadership capabilities

ABOUT US:

Werribee Mercy Hospital is a General Public Hospital located in the rapidly growing Western suburbs of Melbourne. Our services include surgical, medical, maternity, newborn, renal dialysis, emergency, mental health, rehabilitation, aged and palliative care. The hospital has recently undergone significant expansion with the opening or our new intensive care unit, additional operating theatres and the opening of two new wards, taking the total number of beds to 298. Join us now and be part of our team as we expand to serve our community.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

• Permanent 0.6 EFT part-time position located at Werribee Mercy Hospital
• Hours can be increased until June 2024
• This is a Grade 3 Social Work role, however advanced Grade 2 Social Workers will be considered
• Provide dynamic, high quality, evidence - based, responsive social work services to a broad range of client groups in the Emergency Department and Short Stay Unit
• Excellent opportunity to work in a challenging, multidisciplinary model of care