Senior Social Worker
Core
Senior Social Worker providing advanced clinical social work services, assessment, intervention, and discharge planning for complex patients and carers in a private hospital setting.
Role type
Senior clinical social worker (healthcare)
Builds
High-quality social work services and patient care pathways
Domain
Healthcare / Social Work
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advanced clinical social work practice, supervision and mentoring, multidisciplinary teamwork, evidence-based practice, complex case management, legislative knowledge (DVA, TAC, Workcover), quality auditing
Preferred skills
Teaching and training experience, research capability, innovative clinical practice development
Technologies
Clinical information systems
Responsibilities
Provide evidence-based senior Social Work services to patients/carers; supervise junior social work caregivers and Welfare Officers; conduct quality audits; liaise with compensable bodies and external agencies; contribute to patient discharge planning; maintain clinical documentation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities