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Job Description
About the Role
Join westernhea as a Senior Social Worker – Part-Time, Leadership Role in United States. Location: Sunshine and Williamstown Hospital Employment Type: Ongoing, Part-time (0.6FTE) Salary: Grade 3 Allied Health Social Worker + Super + Salary Packaging About the role We are now seeking a dynamic Social Worker to join our Specialised Rehabilitation Program team in a part-time (45.
Key Responsibilities
- The Grade 3 Senior Social Worker is required to lead a small team of social workers and provide high quality operational oversight, supervision, guidance and support.
- The Senior Social Worker is a member of the Specialised Rehabilitation Program (SRP) Senior Leadership Team and also contributes to professional and service development of the Social Work Department.
- The role demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, high level clinical reasoning, the ability to lead research and quality activities and maintain data reporting and analysis.
- The clinician will have a clinical caseload, working with referred patients and families and perform other tasks and responsibilities, as required, within scope of practice, in the SRP.
Requirements
- informed care, recovery
- quality, person
- centred care across every life stage. We provide a combination of hospital, community
- home and in
Benefits & Compensation
- and benefits Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
- Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
- Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.
- Learning and development opportunities Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
Work Schedule
- Part-Time position.
- Flexible scheduling available.
Apply to join westernhea as a Senior Social Worker – Part-Time, Leadership Role.
Key Skills
Position Insights
Social Work — Physician Career Context
This Social Work position at westernhea is open to physician candidates.
Physicians (MD/DO) are in high demand across healthcare settings, with growing interest in positions that offer sustainable schedules and reduced administrative burden.
Location & Logistics
This position is based in Sunshine, Victoria.
Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits
Key skills and qualifications: Clinical social work, Staff supervision, Leadership, Clinical reasoning, Trauma-informed care, Recovery-oriented practice, Conflict resolution, Communication. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Social Work role.
Core responsibilities: The Senior Social Worker provides clinical leadership, operational oversight, and supervision to a multidisciplinary team within the Specialised Rehabilitation Program. They also maintain a clinical caseload while contributing to service development, quality activities, and research initiatives.
Benefits package: Competitive salary packages, Health and wellbeing programs, Flexible work arrangements, Scholarships and grants, Learning and development opportunities, Mentorship and career support. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.
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