• Social Work Department
• Ongoing Position, Full Time 38 Hours per week
• $100,090 - $114,358 + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave

The Royal Women’s Hospital

The Royal Women’s Hospital Since 1856, The Royal Women’s Hospital (The Women’s) has been providing health services to women and newborn babies in Victoria. Today, The Women’s is one of Australia’s leading specialist public hospital dedicated and advocating for the health and wellbeing of women and newborns. Through our campuses at Parkville and Sandringham and by supporting ten research centres, the Women’s is advancing healthcare for women in maternity services and the care of newborn babies, gynaecology, women’s health and women’s cancer services.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

Department / Unit Specific Overview

Social Work at The Women’s aims to improve the psychosocial health and well-being of women, pregnant people and babies attending The Women’s. Social Work embraces a view of women’s and patients health that is holistic and considers women’s and patients social, physical, emotional and cultural wellbeing. Our Social Workers offer support to patients through their maternity, neonatal, gynaecological and oncology experiences and provide information, counselling, support and advocacy for patients in response to health and social needs. Team Leaders will have clinical and non-clinical accountabilities as well as responsibilities for leading departmental clinical portfolios and working groups.

Position Purpose

The Team Leader has a clinical leadership role in ensuring excellence in patient care, education and support of staff and students, and fostering staff development through the provision of supervision and other professional development opportunities. The Team Leader will also be responsible for leading and coordinating a Social Work team/s and ensuring the maintenance of high-quality direct service work by the social workers. The Team Leader has a key role in working with stakeholders to develop innovative models of care and optimising the role of Social Work within the team.

To gain a comprehensive understanding of the role and its requirements, we encourage you to review the attached position description.

About you

You will be a passionate social work professional with motivation to develop and lead a team in provision of clinical social work practice.

You’ll bring with you:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work as well as meeting eligibility requirements for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience as a credentialed social worker
• Previous experience leading or working effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Capacity to work effectively in a changing organisational environment
• Demonstrated leadership skills accordance and provision of social workers with regular supervision in accordance with AASW practice standards

Our benefits

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
• Onsite childcare centre and breastfeeding rooms
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Five weeks annual leave

Join us!

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check, a Working with Children Check and three COVID-19 vaccinations, and may include a range of additional vaccinations including influenza, as required by the Department of Health.

If you need assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, you are welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.

Selection Criteria

Essential: Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work as well as meeting eligibility requirements for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and hold a minimum of 7 years’ experience as a credentialed social worker.

Contact Person: Fiona Creaven

Contact Number: (03) 8345 3050

Alternate Contact Person: Sandra Mazzone

Alternate Contact Number: (03) 8345 3050