• Extend your career with Victoria’s People in Health award winner 2014
• Temporary part time – 44.16 hours per fortnight (maternity leave relief)
• Be recognised, Be challenged, Be your best. Be the heart of Barwon Health

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

Our Social Workers work across a diverse range of the Health areas including Acute, sub-acute and community based program areas in a number of campuses of Barwon Health and require to have established clinical knowledge and skills relevant to working as an advanced clinician in a health setting. A great opportunity exists for a dynamic, patient centred social worker to join the women's and children's social work team. In this role you will deliver an excellent social work service. You will have an awareness and understanding of the health service environment and be skilled at working in a multidisciplinary team.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Advanced social work skills.
• Evidence of ongoing commitment to professional development (eg. post-graduate education, accredited courses, seminars conferences etc).
• Demonstrated capacity to function independently (needing consultation for exceptional cases rather than routinely requiring guidance/direction).
• Demonstrated capacity to articulate social work practice to other professions.
• Demonstrated experience in social work student supervision and/or teaching.
• Demonstrated understanding of health care systems.
• Evidence of understanding of research/evaluation principles.

About the culture

You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled, professional, friendly and dedicated team who take pride in providing high quality service. Barwon Health’s Social Work Department provides a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and education.

If you have the skills and experience outlined above, we welcome your application.

At Barwon Health we celebrate and harness diversity, and consider it a competitive advantage. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply.