Job Requisition ID: 4148
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Posting Date: 8 Apr 2025
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**About the Role**
Join our team as a Grade 2 Social Worker to work in Neurosciences. This position is full time ongoing, working from Monash Medical Centre in Clayton.
You will have consolidated psychosocial assessment and planning skills and use evidence to inform practice to enable you to carry a clinical caseload. A caseload will be carried in designated areas, maintaining clinical expertise.
Having a sound understanding, and working knowledge of the range of the service systems including Family Violence, Child Protection, My Aged Care, Transition Care Program, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Mental Health and the recovery model is essential, to ensure we provide high quality, evidence based social work service to all patients and families at Monash Health. It will also be expected that you will have responsibilities and actively participate in quality and research activities. You will work in accordance with and be professionally accountable to the standards of the AASW and Social Work Credentialing and Scope of Practice, Supervision, Code of Ethics and Practice Standards.
**About You**
As a Grade 2 Social Worker you will be provided with an opportunity to be challenged plus demonstrate your skills including:
- Providing a speciality clinical service
- Opportunities to develop your leadership skills and clinical responsibilities
- Opportunities to participate and develop project and research work
- Specialised skill in complex psychosocial assessments which you will continue to develop with a clinical caseload
You will be a member of a dynamic and supportive Social Work and Allied Health team working in a collaborative model of care across Monash Health. The position works closely with the internal and external stakeholders to provide care founded on current evidence-based practice for patients accessing care through the inpatient and community based setting. You will have demonstrated experience as a social worker who is able to work collaboratively with the broader multidisciplinary team and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
**What you need**
- Bachelor of Social Work or Masters Social Work Qualifying OR Master of Social Work, OR equivalent as assessed and approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- A current Victorian Driver's Licence
**In Return**
- A supportive and dynamic team environment.
- Prospect to work with a multi-disciplinary team of Clinicians
- Provision of supervision in line with AASW standards
- Access to profession specific, relevant health and welfare education and encourages participation in quality and research activities.
**Position Description can be found**here** and**here**.**
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
**How to Apply**
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
**Applications close: 28 April 2025
📌 Social Worker, Grade 2 - Neurosciences - Monash Medical Centre
🏢 Monash Health
📍 Melbourne