• Employment Type: 12 months part time, fixed-term role commencing April 2025.
• Hours: 0.9 or 9 shifts per fortnight.
• Salary: Grade 2 SW, year dependent on skills and experience.
• Location: Mercy Hospital for Women.
• Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
• Contact: Catherine Grelli | Social Work Manager | [email protected] using the subject line: Social Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs | 0420 370 475

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 this, 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

• This part-time fixed-term position is located at the Mercy Hospital for Women, Social Work Department.
• This position encompasses a clinical caseload within the maternity stream (which may include inpatients, outpatients and Emergency Department), clinical supervision of Grade 1 Social Workers and Social Work students as well as some programmatic responsibilities delegated by the Manager
• This position will form part of an integral multi-disciplinary team and will be required to provide highly responsive and flexible services to consumers whilst upholding a high level of professionalism and practicing the core values of Mercy Health
• This role will encourage best practice philosophy amongst staff and will be expected to demonstrate an advanced skill set

What you'll bring

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work with a minimum of 2 years' experience and eligibility for membership to the AASW
• Sound knowledge of current evidence-based practices and commitment to continuing professional development and research
• Prior hospital experience and/or working in women and children's services is highly desirable
• Adaptive, creative with a passion for patient focused 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.

Are you ready to apply for this role? Click Apply now.

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.