Social Worker - Senior

Metro South Health Service; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Professional development opportunities

Generous leave entitlements

Job summary

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services is seeking a Senior Social Worker to join the Princess Alexandra Hospital Adult Community North Team. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based clinical services to consumers within a collaborative interprofessional team.

You will provide comprehensive Social Work assessment, intervention and evaluation, exercise independent clinical judgement, and support complex presentations.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in delivering high-quality Social Work assessment and intervention, including the ability to exercise independent clinical judgement and manage complex clinical presentations.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills with consumers, families, multidisciplinary teams and external service providers.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities including clinical guidance, supervision and education to less experienced clinicians, students and support staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive Social Work services, including complex assessment, intervention and evaluation, applying advanced clinical judgement and evidence-based practice to achieve positive consumer outcomes.
• Act as a clinical resource for multidisciplinary colleagues, contributing specialist Social Work advice, collaborative care planning and effective partnerships with consumers, carers and community-based organisations.
• Drive service excellence through the development and implementation of clinical practices, quality improvement initiatives, research and service evaluation to enhance patient care and outcomes.

Job description

This role is a frontline role that provides essential frontline services.

Your new role

Join the Princess Alexandra Hospital Adult Community North Team as a Senior Social Worker, delivering high-quality, evidence-based clinical services to consumers within a collaborative and supportive interprofessional team.

• Provide comprehensive Social Work services, including complex assessment, intervention and evaluation, applying advanced clinical judgement and evidence-based practice to achieve positive consumer outcomes.
• Act as a clinical resource for multidisciplinary colleagues, contributing specialist Social Work advice, collaborative care planning and effective partnerships with consumers, carers and community-based organisations.
• Drive service excellence through the development and implementation of clinical practices, quality improvement initiatives, research and service evaluation to enhance patient care and outcomes.

About you

You are an experienced and motivated Social Worker who brings strong clinical expertise, initiative and a commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care in a complex mental health environment.

• Demonstrated experience in delivering high-quality Social Work assessment and intervention, including the ability to exercise independent clinical judgement and manage complex clinical presentations.
• Highly developed communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with consumers, families, multidisciplinary teams and external service providers.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including the ability to provide clinical guidance, supervision and education to less experienced clinicians, students and support staff.

What we can offer you

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and communityalcohol and drugservices for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.