Title: Social Work Educator
Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
Social Work Educator
- Permanent Part Time
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Program
- Generous Salary Packaging
Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Program
Eastern Health’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Program is a leader in care delivery, innovation, research and education. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Service works in partnership with consumers carers, families and other service providers, to provide high quality mental health assessments, clinical and therapeutic interventions, within a recovery oriented model of care, alongside the provision of discipline specific clinical work. The model of care includes working in close collaboration with family and carers as well as in partnership with a range of community services to support the consumer’s recovery journey. The Mental Health & Wellbeing Program is passionate about developing and implementing key strategies to support and enhance the clinical capability of the allied health workforce in the program and is supported by the Associate Director Allied Health Mental Health, Learning & Teaching.
About the role
The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health system has recommended that the Victorian Government prepare for workforce reform and begin addressing workforce shortages by developing educational, training pathways and recruitment strategies, together with creating discipline specific roles to ensure people with mental ill health are receiving timely, evidence based care. These initiatives included targeted programs to graduates, transition to mental health and emerging allied health disciplines in mental health including social work, occupational therapy, psychology, dietetics, physiotherapy, clinical pharmacy and speech pathology. Eastern Health has an exciting opportunity for a senior social worker (grade 4) to work in an educator role to develop and implement learner programs for social workers and other allied health clinicians entering the mental health and wellbeing workforce.
The social work senior educator will be expected to support and supervise allied health clinicians which includes ensuring the governance and clinical requirements of the Victoria allied health mental health graduate and transition to mental health learner program are met. The incumbent will work closely with the other allied health senior educators and educators and clinical teams where learners are based to support allied health mental health workforce initiatives.
About you
Essential:
- A degree qualification in Social Work that has been approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers for membership as a Social Worker. Maintains compliance with the AASW Continuing Professional Development Policy in order to meet the Eastern Health Allied Health credentialing standard
- A working understanding of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
- Experience working in a clinical mental health service
- Extensive clinical experience, working with novice learners
- A demonstrated ability to work autonomously with excellent organisational, critical thinking, problem solving, time management and prioritisation skills
- Demonstrated competence in a leadership role, with the ability to unite teams to achieve common objectives
- A strong ability to build partnerships across varied stakeholder groups to understand requirements, identify appropriate solutions and achieve outcomes
- Excellent attention to detail and advanced Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel)
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal E
- Exhibits behaviour which reflects the Eastern Health values
- Post graduate qualification in education, health and/or management or relevant field
Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.
What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals
Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.
Good to know:
- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- We do not accept recruitment agency application
Contact Person: Karen Urlic
Contact Number:9843 5800
Contact Email: karen.urlic@easternhealth.org.au
Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]
Our Values in Action:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day