Social Worker Grade 2 | Kew Community Rehabilitation Centre

Social Worker Grade 2

Health Independence Program - Community Rehabilitation

• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Part time, 16 hours per week, Kew location
• Fixed term until 30 June 2026

About the Role

An exciting opportunity currently exists for a Grade 2 Social Worker to join the Community Rehabilitation team on a fixed term part time basis. You will work collaboratively with clients and carers to support and empower them to remain as independent as they can and remain socially active within their communities.

• Provide time-limited, goal–orientated care for people who have a physical disability, are frail, chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness to regain and /or maintain optimal function
• Link clients and carers in with appropriate services and community supports to enhance their outcomes.
• Deliver services in the Community Rehabilitation Centre, the community setting and the client's home.

Classifications for this position will range from Social Worker Grade 2 SC21 - SC24 ($90,235 - $103,724 per annum pro rata).




Your Contribution

• Bachelor of Social Work
• Relevant experience, preferably in the rehabilitation setting
• Knowledge of relevant community resources
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary team
• Current Victorian driver’s licence
• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal Hisotry Check, or willing to obtain

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement
  

About Health Independence Program (HIP)

HIP includes Complex Care Services, Community Rehabilitation Services and specialist clinics including the Continence service, Cognitive, dementia and Memory service (CDAMS), Falls and Balance clinic, Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM), Polio Services Victoria (PSV), and the Young Adult Complex Disability Service (YACDS).


HIP aims to delivers improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning.


The Community Rehabilitation services provide time-limited, goal–orientated care for people who have a physical disability, are frail, chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness to regain and /or maintain optimal function.

Community Rehabilitation services include Community rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and Rehabilitation in the Home.




Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.



Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
  

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.


We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.



Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM


SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations). Please contact us if you would like to know more



Contact

Peter Hawkins, Team Leader Kew CRC

Peter.Hawkins@svha.org.au

9231 8639