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Employment Type: Permanent
Hours per week: 38
Position Grade: Social Worker Level 2
Salary: $88,379 - $101211
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Professional & Associated Staff Agreement 2022
Department Name: Community Mental Health
About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.
Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:
- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance
The position of Mental Health Worker in the Community Mental Health Team is to provide a high standard of mental health practice and interventions within a multidisciplinary team. The primary responsibility of the Mental Health Worker is to provide support to individuals with multiple complex needs including mental illness, drug and alcohol issues and homelessness.
The role also includes working with the individual consumer, their family and carers, and their support network in the community in a recovery framework.
Key responsibilities:
- The provision of mental health triage, acute care, and case management within the Community Mental Health setting where required.
- Participation in the provision of education and training within the community mental health team members and with other members of the multidisciplinary team as required, including students on placements.
- Promotion of and commitment to the implementation of quality improvement activities related to the care and treatment of mental health consumers and their carers.
- Liaison and development of partnerships within a range of health, other government and non-government departments, organisations and services.
- Administrative tasks and responsibilities to support the above objectives.
Are you a social worker with experience working in Community Mental Health. We're a team that's all about support and building on your strengths and if you feel the same, we are the team for you.
You'll be part of a large multi-disciplinary team have a Nurse Unit Manager backing you up. All our teams are also fully dedicated to collaborating with you.
Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.
Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2024_015) or subsequent revisions in force.
Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.
Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.
Selection Criteria:
- Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia
- Current registration with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or Australian Association of Social Workers.
- Extensive demonstrated experience working within a Community Mental Health Position as part of a multidisciplinary health care team
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality consumer care and services to support families and carers of people with mental illness
- Commitment to provision of recovery-focused holistic mental health interventions.
- Excellent computer, written, and verbal communication skills, and effective interpersonal and organisational skills, including using an electronic medical record system.
- Demonstrated experience within a mental health acute care and/or triage setting
- Current unrestricted NSW Drivers Licence
Applications close on 21st October 2024.