Please note: Effective
from 01/07/2026 the salary range will increase to
$127,194 - $135,150 p.a.
CRVCID 734797
We are seeking a passionate,
experienced Senior Social Worker to join our team at the SMHS Older
Adult Health Hub.
This is a full-time,
fixed-term position until 28 June 2027,
with possibility of extension(s) and/or
permanency.
This is where jobs become careers,
passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you
ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health
care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service
(SMHS) is the perfect place to start!
The Older Adult Health
Hubs are a new model of care, providing safe and quality
care for older adults through integrated, community-based
intervention. This specialist-led older adult hub delivers and
integrates with services that focus on proactive and responsive
care, risk prediction and early intervention.
The SMHS Older Adult Health
Hub:
- Optimises older adult
independence through maintaining and improving function,
growing health literacy, supporting choice autonomy and
scaffolding and supporting carers
- Provides coordinated,
comprehensive multidisciplinary care
- Supports liaison between
primary care and SMHS services.
About the role: As part of a
multidisciplinary team you will plan, implement, coordinate and
evaluate Social Work services to patients in the OAH Hub using
advanced Social Work clinical practice skills. You will also plan,
implement and evaluate patient safety and quality of care. As a
Senior Social Worker you will ensure practice is in accordance with
the Australian Association of Social Workers Practice Standards and
Code of Ethics and SMHS policies and guidelines.
Please see the attached Job
Description Form (JDF) for full role details and selection
criteria.
SMHS delivers quality, safe and effective hospital and health
services within a catchment area stretching more than 3300 square
kilometres across the southern half of Perth. Our vision
is Excellent health care, every time. You can read more about
SMHS in our Strategic Plan here.
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes
recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people,
people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or
LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us.
Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and
family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider
bringing your expertise to our workforce.
Want to know more?
We encourage you to contact Sarah Hobson, Acting
Service Manager OAH Hub at 0477 987
068
If you are ready to partner
with us see the application instructions below.
Application
Instructions:
Your application should
include:
- A copy of your current CV in no more than four (4)
pages
- A statement addressing the selection criteria 3, 6, 7 & 8
in no more than three (3) pages
- The names and contact details of two (2) current referees
who can attest to your suitability for this role.
These documents should be complete
and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you
allow enough time to complete the online application process as you
will be required to answer various questions and attach your
documentation.
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please
contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance
during business hours.
Employee
Benefits
Our employees enjoy a range of
benefits which may include (in line with operational
requirements):
- Professional Development Opportunities and Study
leave/assistance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Flexible leave arrangements
- Other professional and location-based allowances
- For further information click
here.
Eligibility
Are you eligible?
To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid
working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian
citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work
indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments).
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all
forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are
committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA
Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve
equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to
this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
WA Health engages staff in
positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require
applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity
checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking
a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be
required to undertake a working with children check (if required
for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask
referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of
ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not
necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part
of the appointment process.
Whilst this selection process will
initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to
fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In
addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate
the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may
also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain
valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the
authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or
after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
