* Role Title: Senior Social Worker - PEIPOD
* Role Type: Permanent, full-time (Monday to Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm)
* Role Grade: Social Worker Level 3
* Department and Location: Community Mental Health Service
* Salary: $116,892 $120,680 p.a. + Super + Salary packaging
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care service
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
About the Role:
* Permanent role working with the Program for Early Intervention & Prevention of Disability (PEIPOD) at St Vincent's Hospital, providing comprehensive mental health assessment and intervention aligned with early intervention principles to prevent relapse and longer-term impairment.
* Work as a primary clinician to coordinate care for young people, as well as providing social work-specific intervention and consultation.
* Provide individual and group psychoeducation to consumers and carers on mental health and AOD conditions, treatment options, harm minimisation, relapse prevention, and health promotion.
* Facilitate care pathways that provide seamless referral between different departments and service providers, ensuring the delivery of holistic care through the utilisation of mainstream health and welfare services aligned with St Vincent's Hospital's mission and policies.
* Support medication monitoring and side-effect management, assisting clients to develop effective strategies for medication adherence and self-management.
* Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, maintaining regular communication with internal and external clinicians, and ensuring accurate clinical documentation, case reviews, and completion of mandatory outcome measures in line with MH-OAT and service requirements.
About You:
* Qualified Social Worker with a degree in Social Work, eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with evidence of clinical experience in tertiary hospital or health related fields.
* Experienced clinician with extensive knowledge working within a multi-disciplinary team in an inpatient or community mental health service
* Demonstrated understanding of early intervention principles in the context of emerging mental health problems in young people.
* Experience and commitment to working with young people with complex needs, including homelessness, drug and alcohol use and forensic issue.
* Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and organisational skills, with a commitment to collaborative team practice, professional development, and mentoring junior staff and students through supervision and education.
Why Work at St Vincent's?
* Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
* Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
* Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
* Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free
* Financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
About the Hospital:
In this role, you will be based at St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst.
* A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
* Surrounded by great cafes, galleries, and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
* A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
* Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
* Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health
Pre-employment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 10 February 2026. Please note that the advertisement may close early if suitable applicants are identified. We encourage early applications to avoid missing out on this opportunity.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the 'About you' listed above.
Further information, please contact
Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.