About Peninsula Health

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care.

Our hospitals and emergency departments are located at Frankston and Rosebud, and we provide a wide range of community health, dental, rehabilitation, mental health, palliative care ad aged care services from campuses at Frankston, Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

For more information on Peninsula health please feel welcome to visit our website http://www.peninsulahealth.org.au.

About Our Social Work Department

We are a department that pride ourselves in our strong team work ethic and creating an inclusive team where staff wellbeing is important to us. We are building a culture of research and funding opportunities to profile how we can add value to our organisation and the social work profession. We are looking for social workers who have a strong professional identity and are team orientated and committed to work together to achieve clinical excellence and positive outcomes for our clients.

Our team currently consists of 35 social workers, including 3 dedicated senior staff members employed to support our staff to identify family violence and develop skills for responding to this. Rotations between our acute and sub-acute settings are encouraged.

We can offer the opportunity to be involved in service improvement activities, ongoing mentoring, and on-site professional development. Dedicated time is made available to our staff members, for attendance at work-related training, as we believe and encourage lifelong learning. We are encouraging staff to see opportunities to profile the work we are doing at Peninsula Health.

The vision of our Social Work Team is exciting and we look forward to welcoming new team members who share our commitment and passion to make a positive impact on our community.

Skills & Experience

• You will need to hold a Bachelor Degree or Qualifying Masters in Social Work. Post graduate studies are highly regarded and may be eligible for a higher education allowance
• As a multi-site organisation you may be required to work across sites. You will have access to our extensive pool of fleet cars and will need a Victorian Drivers licence.
• You have experience working in a hospital or related health setting or an interest in transitioning your advanced skills (e. Family Violence, Aged Care, Disability and Case Management) into the health sector
• You are passionate about providing evidence-based practice in collaboration with clients and their families/carers
• You are enthusiastic about providing clients and their families with guidance, support and advocacy and seeing positive improvement in their health and wellbeing
• You enjoy working with a professional team of clinicians who are committed to best client outcomes and can demonstrate clinical reasoning within a complex health care environment

Please view our position description for a detailed outline of the role and essential criteria

Other Information

• Ensuring the health and safety of our patients, visitors and staff is at the heart of everything we do. As part of this commitment, all new members of our team must complete a National Criminal History Records Check, meet the immunisation requirements of their role and demonstrate evidence of current work rights to work in Australia prior to commencement. You may also be required to provide a Working With Children Check card. To find out more about our quality employment standards and to prepare your application to join our team please click here.
• Peninsula Health is committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
• Peninsula Health believes in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce where each person’s uniqueness is valued. Peninsula Health believes that by embracing the diverse life experiences and perspectives of our people, we will provide high-quality health care to all members of our community – regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, disability, religion or sexual orientation.