Title: Social Worker - Mental Health
Location: Box Hill, VIC, AU, 3128
Job Posting Date: 26 Aug 2024
About the role
The social worker will work in partnership with consumers, carers, families and other service providers to provide high quality clinical services within a recovery‐orientated framework. Services provided will be individualized to support recovery and may include individual and group work, assessment and intervention, discharge planning, education for consumers and their families, and liaison with other services and programs as needed.
About you
* Hold a degree qualification in social work approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) for practicing membership as a social worker.
* Be eligible for membership of the AASW.
* Possess relevant theoretical knowledge, experience, and skills in the provision of evidence‐based social work assessment and treatment in a mental health setting.
* Have a comprehensive understanding of and experience in delivering recovery‐oriented mental health practice.
* Demonstrate ability to skilfully engage consumers in the development and implementation of individualized plans designed to promote, foster, and sustain personal recovery.
* Show ability to ensure practice is individualized and adapted in alignment with psychosocial assessment and each consumer's goals.
* Have demonstrated skills and experience in undertaking single session family consultation (SSFC) or willingness to undertake SSFC training.
* Exhibit high‐level interpersonal skills with consumers, their families and all health care professionals, including effective conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
* Commit to working with consumers from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
* Prove ability and commitment to collaborate with consumers, carers, the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
* Commit to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning and further development.
Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID‐19 with booster and influenza prior to commencing employment.
What we offer
* Diverse and engaging career opportunities.
* Friendly and supportive team.
* Flexible working hours.
* Salary packaging options.
* Career progression in teaching hospitals.
Easter Health is one of Melbourne's largest public health services and supports a diverse community. We provide a wide range of healthcare services and have a proud history of service. We believe our people make the difference. Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategy to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff.
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability, within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team. We provide a culturally safe and welcoming setting for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees. As a child‐safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
Our Values in Action
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day
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