Senior Mental Health Social Worker jobs

Reference Number: 5790

Category: Mental Health

Department: MH Corporate Support

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Exciting opportunity for a Senior Social Worker with extensive mental health experience for a leadership role

Fixed term opportunity for 12 months

Part-time 15.2 hours per week, working Mondays and Thursdays

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Mental Health Division

The Mental Health Division provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria. Services are located across Austin Health campuses and in the community.

About the role

The role sits across the Division comprising an ICYMHS, Adult and Older Adult MH Service and Speciality Services and sits on the Mental Health Executive Leadership team to provide professional governance to our SW workforce.

The Discipline Senior Mental Health Social Worker holds a formal leadership role and therefore has the accountability to inspire a shared vision, model a values-based approach and create a culture in which new ways of working are encouraged and enabled.

About you

This is an amazing opportunity for someone with substantial and relevant clinical experience in mental health and high quality leadership ability. We are looking for someone with great people skills, extensive supervision experience and capacity to foster ongoing professional development and standards of care.

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
An approved degree in Social Work (Bachelor of Social Work; Master of Social Work), with eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

A minimum of 7 years working as a social worker in public mental health, with specific experience in social work leadership roles.

A Masters Degree or higher in Social Work (not base entry-level) or relevant other field, such as public health, mental health, health administration, etc.

A current Victorian Driver’s License (without restrictions), and ability to drive a work vehicle.

A current Working with Children’s Check (without restrictions).

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.

A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.

Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.

Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Belinda Rickard, Divisional Director Mental Health, Belinda.Rickard@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Monday 17 August 2026