Job Description
Social Worker
Req ID:  5151
Posting Start Date:  31/12/2025
Advertisement End Date:  07/11/2025
Work Location:  The RMH Parkville (City campus)
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia's leading public healthcare providers. Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Job Description: 

Social Worker – Acute Adult Inpatient Unit
The Royal Melbourne Hospital – John Cade Unit, Parkville

  • Support consumers, families and carers while growing specialist skills

  • Permanent, Part Time, SW2 role with weekend roster as part of a 7-day service

  • 5 weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging options!

About The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS)

RMH MHS delivers evidence-based, recovery-oriented mental health care across inpatient, community and specialist settings. With a strong focus on inclusion, innovation and partnership with people with lived experience, RMH MHS is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality care for consumers, families and carers. 

About the role
Join the Acute Adult Inpatient Service to deliver social work support to consumers and their networks. You will complete psychosocial assessments, lead discharge planning, engage families and contribute to weekend ward rounds. Access supervision, development and opportunities to mentor students and graduates in a supportive, lived experience–integrated team.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide psychosocial assessments, discharge planning and case work

  • Work with families, carers and supporters, including after hours

  • Contribute to weekend rounds and timely discharges

  • Collaborate within a multidisciplinary and lived experience team

  • Mentor students and graduates and liaise with community services

About you

  • Qualified Social Worker (AASW eligible) with 2+ years’ experience

  • Skilled in family engagement and complex discharge planning

  • Comfortable working weekends in a 7-day servic

  • Committed to supervision and ongoing professional growth

 

Benefits of working at RMH MHS:

  • Supervision and professional development

  • Supportive, inclusive team culture, we live by out values - People First, Lead with Kindess and Excellence Together!

  • 5 weeks leave, 17.5% leave loading, salary packaging options!

  • Discounted health & wellness facilities with Fitness Passport

  • Parkville location with great transport access!

 

To view the full position description, click here.

Applications reviewed as received – this advert may close early.
Name and Contact:  Deborah Lucas 93424001
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check. The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve. RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards (https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards). As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.