New Graduate Social Work Intern

Queensland Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Higher than standard employer superann

Salary packaging

Annual leave loading

Career development opportunities

Safe and balanced work environment

Job summary

Metro North Health invites applications from recent Social Work graduates to launch their clinical careers in a supportive environment. You will receive structured supervision, mentorship from experienced social workers, and opportunities to build skills across hospital and community settings.

Join multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centred care, engage in rotational opportunities, and access ongoing professional development to support your growth.

Qualifications

• Recent Social Work graduate seeking structured supervision and development.

Responsibilities

• Apply increasingly independent clinical judgment under supervision of a senior clinician.
• Liaise with patients, families, other health professionals, supervisors and researchers to deliver social work services.
• Participate in operational, clinical and peer-led supervision to maintain safe, professional practice.

Job description

Are you a recent Social Work graduate looking to build your clinical skills in a supportive and professionally rewarding environment? Join Metro North Health and make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and families while receiving structured support, supervision and development opportunities.

About the role

Launch your Social Work career with confidence at Metro North Health, where you'll receive structured supervision and mentorship from experienced Social Workers while building your clinical skills across a variety of hospital and community healthcare settings. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you'll deliver patient-centred care, gain exposure to diverse clinical specialties through rotational opportunities, and access ongoing professional development to support your growth.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making, under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of a more senior clinician.
• Liaise with patients and their families, other health professionals, supervisors, students, key stakeholders and researchers in the delivery of core Social Work Services
• Actively participate in operational, clinical and peer-led supervision to ensure safe and professional practice standards are maintained.

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

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