At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide social work expertise in a mental health inpatient unit, focusing on recovery factors.
- Company: Join a supportive team dedicated to improving mental health outcomes.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for growth and collaboration.
- Why this job: Help individuals with complex needs and contribute to their recovery journey.
- Qualifications: AASW-accredited Bachelor or Master of Social Work and clinical experience required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 $ per year.
You will contribute your social work expertise to assessment and treatment planning, with a focus on addressing the broader factors that impact recovery, including housing, employment, financial wellbeing, family relationships, dependent children, peer connections and social isolation.
Key responsibilities
- Working within a 32-bed inpatient unit, you will be part of a multidisciplinary therapeutic team delivering individual, family and group interventions.
- You will have a particular focus on supporting consumers with complex needs, working collaboratively with community case managers, primary nurses and external services.
- Deliver high-quality, evidence-based social work interventions, including psychosocial assessment, counselling, advocacy, education and support for consumers with complex needs throughout admission and discharge planning.
- Contribute to professional practice, quality improvement and service development, including clinical supervision, student placement, accurate documentation and data collection, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- What you need
- AASW-accredited Bachelor or entry-level Master of Social Work, eligibility for AASW membership and a current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Demonstrated clinical social work skills and experience, including psychosocial assessment and intervention with people experiencing major mental illness, with a strong understanding of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed care.
- Sound knowledge of mental health practice and relevant legislation, including the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, MARAM, psychiatric treatment approaches, inpatient care and discharge planning, including NDIS pathways.
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