Senior Social Worker - Pathways To Community Living …, Sydney

Description : Role title: Senior Social Worker
- Pathways to Community Living Initiative Role type: Permanent part time. 19 hours per week Role grade: Senior Social Worker level 4 Department and location: Community Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst Salary: $126,524
- $129,591 + super. Pro rata Better and fairer care. Always. We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services. Founded by The Sisters of Charity in ****, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs. About the role The Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI) is a key program of the NSW Mental Health Reform, established to address the needs of people who have had long mental health inpatients stays (over 365 days) or those who are at risk of long stays, to enable consumers to transition to meaningful lives in the community. Deliver high-quality, evidence-based healthcare, comprehensive assessments, and care planning for individuals experiencing serious, persistent mental illness and complex needs. Connect clients with mainstream and specialist support services to improve long-term health, wellbeing, and recovery outcomes. Work flexibly across mental health inpatient and community settings under the PCLI program, focusing on transition planning and follow-up for long-stay consumers (including cross-LHD transitions). Provide expert clinical advice and guidance to clinicians across all mental health teams to ensure seamless continuity of care for PCLI-eligible patients. Build robust relationships with community partners and provide critical in-reach support as upcoming SLS services are established. 08:*******:00 weekday shifts. About you Proven experience providing autonomous, high-level casework and complex assessments for individuals with complex mental health, co-occurring drug and alcohol issues, and psychosocial needs like homelessness. Demonstrated competence in evidence-based crisis intervention, trauma-informed counselling, grief and loss support, and short-term solution-focused interventions within a strengths-based framework. Solid practice experience and legislative knowledge across trauma, domestic violence, child protection, victims of crime, guardianship, sudden death, and the coronial process. Experience providing clinical supervision and the ability to lead clinical planning, research, quality improvement initiatives, and staff education projects. Excellent computer literacy, strong verbal and written communication skills for collaborating with diverse stakeholders, and a current unrestricted Driver's licence. Why work at St Vincent's? Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave Moving from NSW Health? Your eligible accrued leave entitlements will be transferred over. About the hospital In this role you will be based at St Vincent's hospital, Darlinghurst. A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people Closely partnered with universities Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qr6th