Social Worker

Employment Type: Fixed-Term Contract (Full-Time)

Salary: Grade 2 SW, ranging from $45.67 to $52.49 per hours, depending on experience

Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact:

Melissa Van Groen

Senior Social Worker

E. MVanGroen@mercy.com.au

P. 8754 3089

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

• This position encompasses a clinical caseload within the maternity stream and paediatrics ward.
• This position will form part of an integral multidisciplinary team and will be required to provide highly responsive and flexible services to consumers while upholding a high level of professionalism and practising the core values of Mercy Health.
• This role will encourage best practise philosophy amongst staff and will be expected to demonstrate an advanced skill set.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work with a minimum 2 years' experience and eligibility to membership to the AASW.
• Sound knowledge of current evidence-based practises and commitment to continuing professional development and research.
• Prior hospital experience and/or in women and chidlren's community services, is highly desirable.
• Adaptive, creative with a passion for patient - centred care.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.