Employment Type: Casual

Hours: 7.6 hour day shifts available Monday to Friday

Salary: Casual rates per the EBA at SW Grade 2, with year dependent on experience

Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg or Werribee Mercy Hospital

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: Kim Dalton | A/Manager | M. 0427 030 475

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in that, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

• Casual Social Work positions at Grade 2 level are available at both Mercy Hospital for Women and Werribee Mercy Hospital.

• These positions encompass a clinical caseload within the maternity or gynaecological streams at Mercy Hospital for Women and the acute, subacute, maternity and paediatric streams at Werribee Mercy Hospital. ED/SSU Social Work is not included in this opportunity

• This position will form part of an integrated multidisciplinary team and will be required to provide highly responsive and flexible services to consumers whilst upholding a high level of professionalism and practising the core values of Mercy Health

• This role will encourage best practise philosophy amongst staff and will be expected to demonstrate an advanced skill set

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work with a minimum of 2 years' post qualifying experience and eligibility for membership to the AASW

• Sound knolwedge of evidence-based practises and commitment to continuing professional development and research

• Prior hospital experience is highly desirable

• Adaptive, creative with a passion for patient focussed care

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.