Job Description

Senior Social Worker (Grade 3)

• Full Time – Ongoing | $101,000 - $ 116,074 dependent on experience + Super + benefits
• Location: Thomas Embling Hospital
Please note, applications will be reviewed and accessed as received. Advertising may close earlier than indicated.

About the Role

We’re seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to bring depth of experience to clinical practice, contributing to systemic understanding, advocacy, and culturally responsive care. The role supports service development through participation in research, quality improvement, and supervision of students and early-career practitioners. The position requires sound clinical judgement, strong engagement skills, and a commitment to ethical trauma-informed practice in a forensic setting.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will:

• Coordinate social work practice within a designated inpatient stream (acute, women’s or continuing care).
• Provides leadership and support to early career as well as more established social workers
• Deliver complex psychosocial and risk assessments and provide specialist consultation to multidisciplinary teams.
• Support consumers, families and carers through structured interventions, advocacy and coordinated care planning.

You’ll bring:
• Eligibility for AASW membership
• Extensive experience in mental health or forensic settings
• Strong clinical assessment and intervention skills
• Demonstrated leadership and supervision experience
• Sound knowledge of relevant legislation and systemic advocacy
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
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Benefits
• Salary packaging up to $9,010 + $2,650 meal allowance per year
• Mental health & wellbeing programs
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
• Fitness Passport – discounted access to gyms, pools & fitness centres
• Comprehensive orientation & buddy system
Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of RESPONSIVENESS, INTEGRITY, IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.