• Enjoy a rewarding career with a team of dedicated social workers
• Make a positive career choice and work for Barwon Health, regional Victoria's largest health care service
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment

About the facility 

Barwon Health Social Workers provide services to inpatient (University Hospital Geelong and McKellar Centre), outpatient and community programs.  Social work services provide assistance to patients and their families with respect to the wide range of personal concerns and practical needs which may arise during treatment. Social work services are available to current Barwon Health patients and their families/carers.

About the role 

This role will provide high quality social work services as part of the acute interdisciplinary team. The successful applicant will be required to:

• Undertake psychosocial assessments involving the patient, family, interdisciplinary team and engaged agencies.
• Work alongside the interdisciplinary team, providing consultation where required.
• Provide clinical intervention, ensuring that the needs of the patient and family are attended too.
• Refer to internal and external services and supports.

About the culture

The Barwon Health social work department is committed to working with consumers to achieve the best possible levels of personal and social wellbeing in the context of illness, disability, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery.  This is guided by a commitment to the pursuit of social justice and the enhancement of quality of life.  This is achieved through direct service provision, teaching and research and to Barwon Health's vision of building healthier lives. 

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
• Aboriginal Employment Plan
• Our Commitment to Child Safety

• At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
• Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.
• At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
• We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free