Job Description

Role Title: Senior Social Worker - Age Care

Role Type: Max Term, full-time (until June 2027)

Role Grade: Social Work, Level 3

Department and Location: Social Work, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst

Salary: $116,892 - $120,680 + super + salary packaging

New FY26/27 wage increase to be announced soon. All approved increases will be backdated to 1 July once implemented.

Better and fairer care. Always.

We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largestnot-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About the Role:

• Max-term role working with Aged Care inpatients at St Vincent’s Hospital. Delivering advanced social work interventions as a key member of a dynamic multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in the 24-hour on-call social work crisis service, delivering timely support and interventions outside standard hours.
• Provide comprehensive psychosocial social work services within Aged Care, delivering timely support to patients, clients, families and carers while actively contributing to interprofessional clinical practice.
• Lead care coordination and discharge planning by collaborating with hospital teams, community services, and external agencies to ensure safe patient transitions, including arranging accommodation and ongoing support.
• Advocate for patients and carers both inside and outside the hospital as appropriate, including where required referral for My Aged Care and application to the NDIS, NCAT: Guardianship division.
• Provide clinical supervision, education, and consultation to staff and students, and contribute to quality improvement, research, and professional development aligned with St Vincent’s Hospital’s mission and policies.

About You:

• Qualified Social Worker with a degree in Social Work, eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with extensive clinical experience in health settings, including advanced skills in aged care social work across hospital and/or community environments.
• Strong understanding and experience in managing complex social issues faced by patients, families and carers within aged care, including navigating aged care systems, carer stress, and psychosocial impacts of ageing and chronic illness.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical skills and knowledge in psychosocial assessment, counselling, case management, advocacy and complex discharge planning.
• Recognised clinical leader providing expert social work advice in multidisciplinary teams, skilled in managing high-demand critical care environments, promoting consumer participation in decision-making, and leading service improvements to enhance patient care and outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and organisational skills, with a commitment to collaborative team practice, professional development, and mentoring junior staff and students through supervision and education.

Why work at St Vincent’s?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
• Moving from NSW Health? Your eligible accrued leave entitlements will be transferred over. (As restrictions apply to the amount and type of leave that can transfer, feel free to discuss this with our team during the recruitment process)

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

Pre-employment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 21st July 2026.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role and address each of the criteria.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Further information please contact Annabelle Bains, Manager Social Work on annabelle.bains@svha.org.au

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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