Senior Social Worker

St Vincent’s Health Australia

Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
$116,892.00 - $120,680.00 + super + salary pyckagi...
Biopsychosocial and risk assessments
Individual and family counselling
End-of-life care interventions
Join a team of Cancer Social Workers delivering individual, family, and group interventions to inpatients and outpatients within a multidisciplinary setting

Job Summary

  • Join a team of Cancer Social Workers delivering individual, family, and group interventions to inpatients and outpatients within a multidisciplinary setting.
  • Provide comprehensive social work support to patients, families, and carers affected by a cancer diagnosis, across St Vincent’s Hospital, the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, and other allocated clinical areas.
  • Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community.

Matching Summary

Join a team of Cancer Social Workers delivering individual, family, and group interventions to inpatients and outpatients within a multidisciplinary setting.

Salary

$116,892.00 - $120,680.00 + Super + Salary Packaging

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • biopsychosocial and risk assessments
  • individual and family counselling
  • end-of-life care interventions
  • multidisciplinary teamwork
  • clinical supervision to staff and students
  • 24-hour on-call Social Work roster

Nice-to-have

  • contribute to research
  • quality improvement initiatives
  • education sessions delivery
  • evidence-based social work practice

Key Requirements

  • Degree in Social Work
  • Eligible for AASW membership
  • Advanced clinical experience in tertiary hospital
  • Experience with cancer diagnosis or terminal illness
  • Skilled in psychosocial assessments
  • Skilled in crisis intervention
  • Skilled in counselling
  • Skilled in adjustment to illness
  • Skilled in case management
  • Skilled in short-term solution-focused interventions
  • Skilled in group work
  • Skilled in grief and loss
  • Skilled in discharge planning (NDIS, ACAT & NCAT)

Work Rights

Australian or New Zealand citizen or visa with work rights

Tailored Resume

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