CCLHD - Social Worker Level 3 - Inpatient Senior Clinician

As a Social Worker within the CDAT program you will have a unique opportunity to lead and implement service innovation. This service integrated program brings both Social Work and Occupational Therapy together to provide consultation, to mentor, build practice capacity and work alongside Allied Health (AH) and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues and patients and their families/carers to enable timely and appropriate discharge with sustainable transfer of care to the community.

With advanced understanding of:

• complex psychosocial challenges that can occur for patients and/or their families and the impact these challenges have upon timely and appropriate hospital discharge;
• the range of emotional responses that can accompany chronic illness, crisis and trauma for patients and their families;
• approaches that enables mentoring and support provided to your allied health and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues;
• the community service system including Guardianship and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) processes;

You'll develop internal and external service partnerships, provide comprehensive assessments, care and discharge planning, mentorship, support and guidance to your MDT colleagues. Your counselling and advanced Social Work practice skills and your ability to adapt communication styles work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams, and prioritize competing demands will ensure the delivery of high-quality care.