Social Worker

Employment Type: Permanent, part time

Hours: 30.4 hours per week

Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg

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

Contact:Olivia Kerr/Anna McKellar, Senior Social Workers

P. 8458 4149 E. OKerr@mercy.com.au or AMcKellar@mercy.com.au

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

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

About the opportunity

• This position is based at Mercy Hospital for Women, and encompasses a caseload across inpatient, outpatients and the Emergency Department

• This position is for a 4 day per week Social Work role at Grade 2, with year to be determined

• This position will form part of an integral multi-disciplinary team and will be required to provide highly responsive and felxible services to consumers while upholding a high level of professionalism and practising within core values of Mercy Health

• The team sits within the Social Work Department which encourages continued learning, the fostering of supportive collegiate relationships and promotes staff wellbeing, within a dynamic, fast-aced setting

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated time-management and organisational skills, strongly developed multidisciplinary teamwork capabilities and ability to supervise Grade 1 Social Workers and students

• Adaptive, creative, with a commitment for patient focsued care

• Prior hospital experience is highly desirable, as is experience working in women's and childrens services

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.