• Busy and highly energetic team catering for consumers from the Cities of Darebin and Whittlesea
• Fixed Term Full Time - Monday to Friday
• Based in The Northern Hospital, Epping

Life with Us:

• Work collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, to provide social work specific services, to consumers and their families/ carers
• Provide specialist consultations, assessments and evidence based social work interventions to assist in better outcomes for consumers and carers
• Provide psychosocial assessments, integrated casework service and other social work interventions, including: income support liaison, accommodation placement, application for Guardianship and Administration orders, NDIS applications, discharge planning, counselling, support and information provision regarding resources and services, to consumers, their families or carers

A Job to Be Proud Of:

• Responsible for supporting and supervising the social worker grade 2 and ELP social workers on the unit. They will be required and expected to participate in, and provide, regular discipline specific supervision
• Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings each day. The required expertise and experience will also support discharge planning and be a key point of liaison between the inpatient unit and community treating team
• Working closely with the Chief Social Workers in NAMHS to ensure service wide practice development
  

Your Contribution:

• Well-developed clinical expertise and proven experience in either hospital or mental health settings
• The ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a multidisciplinary team and across the Area Service
• Independent practice and initiative, particularly in prioritising within an acute inpatient setting, with the capacity to seek supervision and guidance when required
• The capacity to support the multidisciplinary team in Family/Carer/FaPMI sensitive practice and in particular NPU Keeping in Touch with Your Children Menu
• Experience in family interventions, recovery approaches, acute inpatient and statutory care, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), discharge planning and community liaison will be highly valued

Our Commitment to You:

•  We are a values based organisation, a career with us is a rewarding experience offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement
• NorthWestern Mental Health boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development
• Monthly ADO as part of your roster
• Attractive salary and working conditions including annual and CPD leave, salary sacrifice

Connect With Us:

Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.

Melbourne Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of Cultural Diversity and social inclusion.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working With Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

For more information, please call either of our Chief Social Workers:

Michelle Wines on 0407 848 315 (available Mondays, Tuesdasy and Wednesdays)

Clare Martin on 0449 899 817 (available Wednesdsys and Thursdays)