Social Worker Grade 1
Fixed Term Part Time Parental Leave Cover
30 September 2024 - 22 May 2025
Position Summary
The Grade 1 Social Worker will have consolidated psychosocial assessment and planning skills to deliver clinical services across the inpatient wards and exercises professional judgement to a caseload, adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence. The successful applicant will support patients and families at Bass Coast Health and use their skills to undertake multi-dimensional, comprehensive psychosocial assessments, apply clinical reasoning, and formulate appropriate complex intervention and discharge plans.
Key Responsibilities
* Work constructively and co-operatively within a multidisciplinary health setting, the Social Work team and with a wide range of external service providers
* Engage with patients and their families to provide psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, emotional support, advanced care planning, residential aged care processes, NDIS, and guardianship & administration (VCAT) within agreed timelines
* Liaise with other multi-disciplinary staff to co-ordinate, facilitate and communicate patient treatment and discharge planning
* Liaise with external agencies to ensure effective and efficient discharge planning and managed care
* Maintain adequate records of clinical practice in line with NSQHS guidelines and BCH clinical documentation policy
* Commitment to continuing professional development
Requirements
* Valid Police Check
* Working with Children Check
* NDIS Worker Screen Check
* COVID-19 Vaccination
* Flu Vaccination
Please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing what you can bring to this role and explaining why you are interested in joining our team.
Applications close Sunday 17 November 2024.
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