Senior Social Worker

Join a team of Cancer Social Workers delivering individual, family, and group interventions to inpatients and outpatients within a multidisciplinary setting. Provide comprehensive social work support to patients, families, and carers affected by a cancer diagnosis. Apply advanced clinical knowledge and skills within the relevant area of practice and contribute to research, quality improvement, and departmental initiatives.

Requirements

• Hold a degree in Social Work and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Demonstrated advanced clinical experience in a tertiary hospital or health-related setting with inpatients and outpatients with a cancer diagnosis or terminal illness.
• Highly skilled in psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, counselling, adjustment to illness, case management, short-term solution-focused interventions, group work, grief and loss, and discharge planning (including NDIS, ACAT & NCAT).
• Committed to multidisciplinary teamwork in complex environments, with experience providing clinical supervision to staff and students.
• Ability to lead or contribute to research, quality, and education initiatives, with strong communication and negotiation skills.

Benefits

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave