Social Worker in Melbourne

Social Worker in Melbourne

Melbourne Full-Time On-site
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Join our Allied Health team as a Social Worker, delivering clinical interventions across inpatient and outpatient programs. You'll support adults experiencing complex mental health issues through psychosocial assessment, counselling, discharge planning, and community linkage, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver individual therapy sessions and facilitate inpatient and outpatient group programs independently
  • Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide recovery-oriented counselling and planning
  • Work with families and carers, including family conferencing and support
  • Play a key role in discharge planning, ensuring safe, coordinated transitions from inpatient to community care
  • Develop and maintain strong referral pathways to community services and external supports
  • Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and clinical handovers
  • Work collaboratively with nursing, psychiatry, and allied health teams while maintaining professional autonomy
  • Contribute to best practice implementation, service development, and quality improvement initiatives
  • Maintain accurate clinical documentation in accordance with hospital policies

What You'll Need

  • Degree in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership
  • Minimum 1+ year experience as a Social Worker in healthcare or mental health settings
  • Sound knowledge of the mental health system and private hospital-based or rehabilitation models of care
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
  • Strong therapeutic and counselling skills, including demonstrated competencies in one or more therapeutic frameworks such as CBT, DBT, ACT, or Compassion Focused Therapy
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Intermediate computer literacy and clinical documentation skills
  • Current Working With Children Check; willingness to undergo National Police Check
  • Full Australian working rights
  • Mental Health Accreditation with the AASW
  • Private hospital or rehabilitation setting experience
  • Experience managing complex family dynamics, including family violence and familiarity with the MARAM framework
  • Knowledge of NDIS, TAC, or WorkCover processes
  • Familiarity with trauma-informed care and strengths-based practices

Why Join Us?

  • Supportive, collaborative allied health environment
  • Opportunity to work across inpatient and outpatient programs
  • Meaningful clinical work in high-quality private mental health careMonthly external supervision (EPC-funded on pro-rata basis)
  • Opportunity to support whole-person recovery aligned with our model of care
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Contact Details:

Macquarie Hospital Group Recruitment Team