Social Worker Grade 3

$52.70 to $60.21 per hour + salary packaging | Senior Social Worker Ballarat

Permanent Part Time Position | 0.6 EFT (6 days per fortnight)

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Social Worker to lead a small, dynamic team delivering services across Grampians Health's Community Programs, including Senior HARP, Transition Care Program (TCP), and Residential Aged Care (RAC). In this role, you will provide advanced clinical social work services while supporting best practice and positive client outcomes across a range of community-based settings.

You will play a key leadership role through the supervision, mentoring, and development of staff and students, while contributing to service improvement initiatives and interdisciplinary collaboration. Working within a supportive and progressive environment, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of older people and their families while promoting evidence-based practice, innovation, and continuous professional development.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership across the Senior HARP, Transition Care Program (TCP), and Residential Aged Care (RAC) programs.
• Deliver advanced social work assessment, intervention, and care coordination for clients with complex psychosocial needs.
• Provide supervision, mentoring, and support to social work staff and students to promote professional growth and high-quality practice.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, community agencies, clients, and carers to achieve positive outcomes and safe transitions of care.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives, contribute to service planning, and support the development of innovative models of care.
• Promote evidence-based practice and contribute to the ongoing evaluation and enhancement of community-based services.
• Support workforce development through education, clinical consultation, and knowledge sharing across the service.
• Foster strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance service delivery and continuity of care.

Skills & Experience

• Accredited Social Work qualification and AASW membership
• Strong clinical and leadership capability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work within multidisciplinary teams
• Sound knowledge of current healthcare practices and systems

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Interested?

Click APPLY, or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Wendee Lovel on [0439 015 736](tel:0439 015 736) for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.