Social Worker - Senior

About the role

As a Senior Social Worker within the Mental Health Inpatient Unit at The Prince Charles Hospital, you will play a pivotal role in supporting adults and older persons experiencing acute and complex mental health presentations. This position sits at the interface of advanced clinical practice, leadership, and service development, requiring strong professional judgement and a commitment to recovery-oriented care.

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:

• Apply high level knowledge, skills and independent judgement in the assessment and management of adult and psychogeriatric consumers with complex needs who are inpatients of The Prince Charles Hospital Mental Health Unit and their families/carers, in accordance with the Australian Association of Social Workers Professional Practice Standards and Code of Ethics.
• Apply high level advocacy within the healthcare system including facilitating linkages with key agencies to address client need and ensure equity in access to services.
• Provide clinical leadership and participate in the identification, development, implementation and evaluation of quality and service improvement activities and/or research activities that enhance the delivery of Social Work services to improve consumer care and enhance the delivery of work unit and profession specific clinical services.
• Provide clinical practice supervision to less experienced Social Workers and participate in the education and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate Social Work students to ensure maintenance of professional clinical standards within the service.

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.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED