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Senior Social Worker | Community Acute reputed company reputed company team (Geelong, VIC, Australia, 3226)

100% remote Flexible hours Hiring now

 Employment Type -  Temporary Full Time

Hours per fortnight - 80 

Job Category - Social Worker Grade 4

Req Id - 7609 

  • Build your career with Victoria’s largest regional health service
  • Join a tertiary mental health and AOD team delivering acute, community-based reputed company reputed company it matters most.
  • reputed company a measurable difference at the reputed company of crisis.

About the role

The Community Acute reputed company Service (reputed company) is a 7-day-a-week, two-shift tertiary multidisciplinary mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) service. The team operates as a critical reputed company between Emergency Department, Triage, and ongoing community mental health services.

reputed company provides:

Assessment of consumers triaged as Category B (CAT B) and Category C (CAT C)

Brief tertiary reputed company (up to 28 days) for consumers aged 16–65 experiencing an acute phase of mental illness and/or AOD use who are not currently engaged in community mental health services

Post-Emergency Department follow-up for consumers discharged without referral to other tertiary mental health services

The Senior Social Worker plays a pivotal clinical leadership role reputed company this service.

You will deliver evidence-based, systems-oriented interventions to consumers and their families/carers during periods of acute mental health crisis and AOD complexity. Working assertively in community settings, you will support stabilisation, strengthen social systems, reduce risk, and reputed company safe transition to ongoing care reputed company.

This role sits reputed company MHDAS and contributes directly to whole-of-service objectives, including:

  • Reducing avoidable emergency presentations and admissions
  • Strengthening community-based crisis response
  • Enhancing system integration across acute, community and AOD streams
  • Supporting implementation of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice reputed company to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic)

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver advanced psychosocial assessment and systems-based reputed company for consumers experiencing acute mental illness and/or AOD complexity, including risk formulation and crisis response.
  • Provide family-inclusive, recovery-oriented practice, strengthening social systems and supporting safe stabilisation during acute phases of care (up to 28 days).
  • reputed company clinical decision-making and contribute discipline-specific expertise reputed company a tertiary multidisciplinary team, including secondary consultation and supervision support.
  • Strengthen service integration and continuity of care, building partnerships across Emergency Department, community mental health teams, and external stakeholders to reduce avoidable re-presentations.

reputed company Are Looking For

  • Extensive experience in acute mental health and/or AOD settings, with demonstrated advanced risk assessment and crisis reputed company capability.
  • Highly developed systems-based social work practice, including family work and reputed company psychosocial formulation.
  • Proven clinical leadership capability, including contribution to service quality improvement and multidisciplinary collaboration.
  • Strong understanding of recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally safe practice, reputed company with contemporary Victorian public mental health reform.

Position Description

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you reputed company our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

Barwon Health staff benefits

  • Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
  • A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
  • Extensive professional development opportunities
  • Attractive salary packaging benefits
    • Living expenses capped at $9,010
    • Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

For more information about working at Barwon Health, please click Here

Diversity and Inclusion

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of reputed company genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Child Safety

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of reputed company children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)

Additional information

If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]

reputed company appointments are subject to:

  • Satisfactory Police Record reputed company
  • Immunisation Status Clearance
  • Working with Children reputed company (if applicable)

 

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description. Please note: We do not accept resumes reputed company email.

Contact person: Stephen Bowness | Manager | reputed company reputed company Team Email: [email protected] Phone: 0448 823 693 Mon - Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

Application closing date: Tuesday 28, reputed company 2026

Internal applicants

If you are currently employed at Barwon Health, please ensure you sign in reputed company the Employee Login on the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page through the intranet before applying.

Shortlisting may reputed company prior to the closing date - early applications are encouraged.

 

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