About the role

Mater Mothers’ Hospital South Brisbane currently has an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced, passionate Senior Social Worker to join our Mater Mothers’ team on a maximum term part-time role (30 hours per week), based at the South Brisbane Campus. This temporary contract runs until February 2027 and requires availability to work alternate Saturdays.

The Social Work and Psychology department at Mater Health provides a broad range of public and private acute health services with adults, women’s health, neonatology, children and adolescent services. The Mater Mothers’ Hospital Social Work team provides specialist services to inpatients and outpatients in the areas of Mother’s, Babies and Women.

Salary range: $64.64 - $69.55 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

What you’ll be doing

As a senior clinician of the Mater Mothers’ Hospital Social Work team, you will deliver high level clinical services within Mother’s, Babies and Women’s Social Work, provide leadership and mentorship within the department in your area of clinical expertise, as well as within multidisciplinary teams, and lead quality improvements to continuously improve and support patient centred, evidence based care. Duties of the role include:

• Independently manage a complex and varied caseload where some presentations may require adaptation or modification of routine clinical practice to enhance patient outcomes
• Apply independent clinical judgement with minimal supervision
• Develop consistently high-level evidence-based social work, with a high degree of independence according to prescribed professional and ethical standards in a variety of clinical settings.
• Implement innovative solutions to facilitate acute patient management and discharge planning to optimise patient outcomes and flow
• Provide delegation, supervision, training and support to less experienced health practitioners, allied health assistants, students, support staff and volunteers within Mater Mothers’ Social Work team.
• Provide clinical Social Work advice within professional and multidisciplinary teams and when liaising with patients, their families/carers and external agencies

About you

The successful candidate will have:

• Commitment to a rotating schedule working Tuesdays to Fridays one week and Tuesdays to Saturdays the following week
• A degree in social work that provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Post graduate qualifications in Social Work or related field, and/or AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Worker desirable
• Extensive experience in provision of social work services, ideally in a maternity health setting for Mother’s, Babies and Women
• Demonstrated high level clinical practice and independent clinical judgement in the delivery of Social Work assessment and interventions within clinical services
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, contribute to decision making and address conflict with professional and multidisciplinary teams, patients, carers and other stakeholders
• Evidence of clinical leadership, mentorship and supervision within a Hospital Social Work team
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, develop and evaluate quality and service improvement activities that improve clinical services and patient outcomes

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 11 (soon to be 12) hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education,  fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.

• Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
• Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
• Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
• Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation (just to name a few!)
• Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
• Convenient, discounted on-site parking
• Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
• Join Queensland’s Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.

Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater. #GETBETTERWITHMATER

Applications close on March 24th. Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.

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