Social Worker

Eldercare is a leading not-for-profit aged care provider in South Australia with 1800 employees. Our workplace culture embraces teamwork, innovation and a dedication to our purpose of delivering peace of mind with our care.

About the role

• Part-time (0.6 FTE)
• Located in Eastwood with travel to other Eldercare sites required
• Great Team Environment

Eldercare is seeking a Social Worker to join an established Social Work service across a large, multi-site aged care organisation.

Eldercare’s model of care recognises the broader psychosocial context of our residents’ lives, and our Social Workers offer expertise around decision-making capacity, resident risk, family dynamics and other factors affecting resident welfare.

Harnessing your experience working with older people, preferably in an aged care, acute health or community service, you will improve health and wellbeing outcomes of residents through:

• collaborative management of significant and complex resident and family relationships
• psychosocial, risk and capacity assessments
• individual, family and group work
• navigating relevant external health and welfare services
• care planning and advocacy for individual residents

Reporting into a Senior Social Worker, and working closely with the multi-disciplinary team, you will support residents, their families and representatives through key transition points, such as admission and palliative care.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work
• Eligible to attain Australian Association of Social Work membership
• Experience working with older people and their families/representatives
• Knowledge of decision-making capacity and restrictive practices in aged care
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build effective professional relationships with stakeholders 

If you want to join our inspiring team, we can offer you:

• Attractive staff benefits such as salary sacrificing
• An opportunity to contribute to the care and quality of life for our residents
• Great team environment with variety in the role

Eldercare encourages you to apply if you are a committed and results-driven individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality outcomes whilst modelling the behaviours underpinning Eldercare's values of respect, accountability and connection.

To view the Job and Person Specification for this role please click here

Please contact Bernard Morrison, General Manager Wellbeing and Allied Programs, on 8291 1030 or bernard.morrison@eldercare.net.au to learn more about this opportunity.

Applications close 9am Friday 3rd May 2024.

To work for Eldercare, you are required to have a police clearance valid for working in aged care (unsupervised contact with vulnerable people) and the clearance needs to be less than 12 months since date of issue.

As per Eldercare’s Employee Immunisation Policy, all Eldercare employees are required to:

• Be vaccinated against seasonal influenza by no later than 1 June each year
• Be vaccinated against COVID-19 as per current ATAGI guidelines

Exemptions on a temporary or permanent basis can only be approved by Eldercare’s Chief Executive. 

Eldercare welcomes and respects the diversity that our residents, staff and volunteers bring. Regardless of their culture, religion, spirituality, age, gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economic background or personal experiences, our people are included and respected.

Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) residents, staff and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe.

Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender‑based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace to support victims of abuse.

All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their life with Eldercare.

Eldercare is proud to provide a smoke-free environment across all sites.