About the role

The purpose of this role is to deliver high quality, evidenced based advanced social work services to clients of the Behavioural Emergency Response Team (BERT), as part of an interprofessional team to prevent admission and/or expediate discharge from Metro North Health acute and subacute services

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Respect – demonstrates interpersonal savvy, manages conflict appropriately and is skilled to conduct sensitive and difficult conversations in a way that effectively balances the needs of NDIS participants and relevant stakeholders, with utmost respect to all people at all times
• Teamwork – collaborates effectively with others and demonstrates advanced ability to educate staff to work towards improving NDIS understanding within teams by applying diverse methodologies, values differences and works actively to build capacity to bring about best use of resources to meet the needs of NDIS participants in a healthcare environment
• Compassion – is completely consumer focused, demonstrates self-awareness and understanding of the effects of their behaviour on others, deals with or manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the delivery of clinical services to consumers, their families and/or carers
• High Performance – cultivates innovation, is action oriented, drives results and supports Metro North's vision and purpose to exceed expectations of our consumers and stakeholders, has advanced level organisational skills to manage complex and fluid workflow in relation to NDIS matters
• Integrity – demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively / manages complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard, in accordance with AASW practice standards

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/conditions/salary/sacrifice )
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers ( https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers )

Job ad reference number:RBH562297

Close date: Thursday 16^th May 2024

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED