Senior Social Worker/Lead
Core
Provide professional leadership, clinical governance, and high-level social work practice for Aged Care, Rehabilitation, and Palliative Care services, including direct patient care for older people returning home.
Role type
Senior Social Worker / Social Work Lead (Hybrid)
Builds
Social work services, discharge planning, and rehabilitation programs for older adults
Domain
Healthcare / Aged Care / Rehabilitation
Required skills
complex case management, psychosocial assessment, risk management, discharge planning, workforce development, clinical supervision, service development, quality improvement, audit, research
Preferred skills
leadership in complex healthcare environments, change management, multidisciplinary collaboration
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide professional leadership and clinical governance for social work services; support workforce development, recruitment, and credentialing; deliver high-level social work assessments and discharge planning for older people; collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize functional independence; contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
