Recruitment Coordinator

Employer: Northeast Health Wangaratta
Location: Wangaratta
Type: Part Time
Closing Date:  11 May 2025

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Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is the major health provider in the Central Hume region with an extensive range of acute, sub-acute, aged care and community services. The primary role of the Palliative Care Social Worker/Supportive Care Grief & Loss Worker is to be responsible for the planning, implementation, evaluation and delivery of supportive care services to NHW Community Palliative Care clients in their homes across the Rural City of Wangaratta and Alpine Shires. They will also provide Palliative Care Volunteer Coordination including recruitment, training, monitoring, support and matching of volunteers to clients.

The Social Worker/Supportive Care Worker will possess a high level of clinical knowledge, act as a clinical resource for staff and be expected to undertake supervision of relevant discipline staff and students. This position is open to clinicians from disciplines other than Social Work who posses relevant knowledge and experience.

The Social Worker / Supportive Care Worker is expected to continuously update their skill and knowledge relevant to Palliative Care and will provide high-quality discipline-specific services including assessment and interventions to clients /carers, peers and the multidisciplinary team across NHW and external service providers. A Drivers Licence is essential.

Selection Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work (or other relevant health science discipline), Community Development or Community Services
• Possess a sound knowledge of Palliative Care and Grief and Loss theory and intervention strategies
• Experience working in palliative care or related field
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; written and verbal, computer literacy and the ability to produce well written reports
• Display excellent organisational, prioritisation, assessment, negotiation, problem solving, and advocacy skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team participating as a positive role model that is professional, supportive and inclusive
• Experience in the provision of supervision to students and/or staff
• Demonstrated ability to identify and actively participate in quality activities to positively influence change
• Understanding of, and commitment to Client and Family centred care
• Evidence of, and commitment to ongoing professional development and lifelong learning
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and maintain effective professional relationships and/or partnerships
• Demonstrated ability to monitor, evaluate and modify own performance through reflective practice
• Demonstrated knowledge of palliative illness, grief, bereavement and loss issues – desirable
• Experience and confidence in working in a community based setting – desirable

What is offered

The successful applicant will benefit from:

• Competitive remuneration
• Novated leasing
• Full salary packaging benefits Available
• If you have relocated permanently you may also be able to substantially increase your take-home pay by salary packaging some or all of your relocation costs
• Employee Assistant Programs (EAP) Well being programs
• Discounted corporate gym membership
• Social Club Benefits
• Support for our diverse workforce