Discipline Senior Social Work (Mental Health)

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Date: 10 Dec 2024

Location: Other, AU

Company: theroyalch

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

 

Discipline Senior - Social Work (Mental Health)

 

  • Part-time, ongoing 0.2 FTE - 15.2 hours per fortnight

  • $123,000-$135,500 (FTE)

  • This position will be expected to work across mutliple sites 

 

About the Role:

You will be responsible for providing high quality tertiary mental health leadership in the discipline of Social Work across the RCH Mental Health Service (community teams and hospital-based teams). Reporting to the Operations Manager for the RCH Mental Health Service you will ensure Social Work standards and practices align with the RCH Social Work Department in relation to credentialing, clinical practice standards, supervision, professional development expectations, and recruitment. The successful applicant will champion the Social Work discipline, lead attraction and retention initiatives (including working to establish partnerships with universities), support the recruitment of Social Workers and organise and provide high quality individual and group supervision.  Discipline Seniors are part of the leadership group within the RCH Mental Health Service ensuring continuous quality improvement and contributing to training and development across the service.  

  

Classification for this position will range from;  

Grade 4 Social Worker (HR25 – HR28)   

 

To be successful in this role you will have: 

  • Demonstrated clinical skills and significant experience in the provision of effective and efficient child and adolescent mental health care in a Child and Adolescent/Youth Mental Health Service or another jurisdiction
  • Demonstrated experience in leadership and professional supervision of Social Work clinicians and students 
  • A commitment and evidence of evidence-based practice and continuing professional development including an ability to find and apply evidence in decision-making 
  • Highly developed written and verbal communication skills and inter-personal skills
  • Demonstrate awareness and understanding of legal obligations when working in a Child and Adolescent/Youth Mental Health Service context in Victoria

 

Your skills and experience: 

  • Hold a degree in Social Work from an accredited course/university
  • Post-graduate qualification in Social Work or a relevant field 
  • Eligibility for Membership of Australian Associate of Social Workers (AASW)
  • Meet AASW accreditation standards for Continuing Professional Education 
  • Uphold the AASW Code of Ethics  
  • Extensive clinical and team leadership experience in mental health Social Work
  • Experience in providing high quality clinical/professional supervision
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor staff
  • Understanding of relevant legislation and practice frameworks relating to family violence practice, including but not limited to the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS), Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM)

 

Please see the position description below for a full scope of the position's requirements.

Position Description 

 

About the Department

RCH Mental Health is a Level 5 tertiary Infant, Child and Family Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and comprises community and hospital-based services. This includes an Intake and Assessment Team, Adolescent Inpatient Unit and various specialist teams based at Parkville and three interdisciplinary outpatient teams located at Travancore, St Albans and Hoppers Crossing.   

 

For more information about our Mental Health career pathway click here 

 

What we offer: 

  • Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!  

  • Employee Assistance Program 

  • Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities 

 

Other requirements: 

  • Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain 

  • Valid Working with Children Check 

  • Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure 

 

Application process  

 

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. 

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!  

For more information about this position please contact Sara Tatlow, Operations Manager on 03 9345 7068 or sara.tatlow@rch.org.au 

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

 

Are you ready to join our team? 

 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

 

Applications close 24 December 2024