Social workers at Monash Health make a positive impact on the lives of patients, their families, carers and the wider community every day.
A career as varied as the people you’ll support
No two days are the same. Our Social Workers use the latest evidence-based practice to advocate for and support patients, consumers and clients facing a range of psychosocial, trauma and health-related issues — including counselling, family and carer support, care planning, and connecting people with the resources they need to meet their social, emotional and cultural needs.
As part of Victoria’s largest health service, Social Workers at Monash Health work with people from birth to end of life, across diverse backgrounds and settings. This breadth offers unparalleled opportunities to grow your career and specialise in the areas that align with your interests and expertise.
With a supportive cohort of over 300, sites across south-east Melbourne and flexible work arrangements, you can fit your career with your lifestyle.
Areas of Social Work practice
Acute hospital-based care
Social workers at Monash Health working in acute hospital-based care, work with other health professionals to support patients, their families and carers, to navigate their medical situation and the hospital system.
This work includes, but is not limited to:
- Working people with chronic and life-threatening conditions
- Supporting patients in end-of-life care
- Supporting patients with a change in health status
- Working with people who have neurological conditions
- Working with people who have age or disability related conditions
- Specialty medicine including oncology and infectious diseases
- Crisis and trauma social work within Emergency Department
- Maternity and newborn services
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Working with children and their families
Subacute hospital-based care
Monash Health social workers in subacute hospital-based care, work with patients, families and carers at Casey and Kingston Hospitals from varying ages, and social and cultural backgrounds.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Working with people who have a broad range of age-related conditions
- Rehabilitation and working with people who have experienced a change in function and health status
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Working with people who have a disability (including newly acquired)
- Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM)
Care in the community
Various roles are offered for Monash Health social workers in the community, this includes within our community campuses, in clients’ homes and at other community venues.
Work for social workers in the community includes:
- Geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) at home
- Aged care services
- Aged care assessment services
- Transition Care program
- Counselling roles within the community health team
- Rehabilitation support covering a range of conditions and social situations
- Refugee health program
- Youth and family team
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies program
- The provision of counselling services for victim/survivors of sexual assault through the South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Abuse (SECASA)
Mental Health
For social workers specialising in Mental Health, there are a range of opportunities available at Monash Health in both inpatient and community settings.
This includes but is not limited to:
- Adult Mental Health Service
- Aged Mental Health Services
- Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS)
- In-home and community-based services
- Rehabilitation Services including:
- Continuing Care Units (CCU)
- Prevention and Recovery Care Services (PARCS)
- Transitional Support Unit (TSU)
- Recovery support including:
- Acute Community Intervention Services (ACIS)
- Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement (HOPE) Program
- Emergency Department Psychosocial Program (ENGAGE)
- Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Services
Children’s
There are many opportunities at both Monash Children’s Hospital and in the community for social workers who specialise in working with children.
This includes:
- Working in an acute hospital setting at Monash Children’s Hospital
- Working with newborns and neonates
- Intensive care
- General paediatric social work
- Paediatric oncology and cancer care
- Adolescents and adolescent eating disorders
- Support for children with diabetes or endocrine conditions
- Working with children to improve their functional abilities through the state-wide Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service
- Working with children who have a life-limiting illness as part of a state-wide service through the Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program
- Victorian Fetal Alcohol Service
- Monash Children’s Hospital in the Home
- Community-based Child and Family program
Hear from our Social Workers
Watch the video to learn more about Social Work at Monash Health
Watch the video to learn more about Social Work within Aged Care at Monash Health
Learn about David Ng’s journey at Monash Health and joining the social work team
“Given how challenging life and health transitions really are, being able to counsel people and provide them support and information presented in a kind and sensitive way is key.”
Contact our Social Work team
If you need help with your application or have any questions about what opportunities are available with a Social Work career at Monash Health, we’d love to chat with you.
Speak with Jacinta Re, Head of Social Work and Spiritual Care at Monash Health.
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