Social Worker – Grade 2
Permanent Full-Time (38 hrs per week)
Cabrini Malvern
Cabrini offers:
1. Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
2. 11.5% superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading
3. Close to public transport + discounted Myki commuter fares
4. Discounted private health insurance & gym membership
5. Flexible work arrangements
6. Excellent workplace culture
7. Ongoing peer support and supervision
8. Professional development allowance
9. Opportunity to develop skills across multiple areas
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Grade 2 Social Worker to join our Acute Team based at Malvern and Brighton. This role offers the flexibility of part-time or full-time hours and involves delivering psychosocial care and facilitating discharge planning for inpatients.
The successful candidate will also contribute to professional and service development, including mentoring junior staff, supervising students, and supporting evidence-based practices across a multidisciplinary team.
There is scope to work across palliative and rehabilitation services as needed.
Key Responsibilities
10. Deliver high-quality, patient-focused psychosocial care
11. Build collaborative working relationships with patients, families, and hospital staff
12. Use strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills to support patient outcomes
13. Manage a complex caseload efficiently and coordinate timely hospital discharges
14. Supervise and support Grade 1 Social Workers, students, and Allied Health Assistants
15. Engage in professional development and lead innovative service improvement initiatives
About You
You are a motivated and compassionate social worker who thrives in a multidisciplinary healthcare environment.
You bring:
16. A degree in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership
17. Minimum 3 years' clinical experience in a healthcare setting
18. Sound knowledge of social work theory, ethics, and evidence-based practice
19. Excellent communication, time management, and conflict resolution skills
20. A flexible, proactive, and solutions-focused approach to your work
21. Experience in hospital-based care (desirable)
22. Understanding of the private healthcare sector (desirable)
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Enquiries should be directed to: Head of Occupational Therapy & Manager of Social Work Courtney Agland on 0400 566 371 or
Michelle Middlewick - Grade 4 Clinical Lead on 0436 946 939
Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.
Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.
As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI
Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.