Social Worker

Reference Number: 53674:  Social Worker 
Employment Type: Fixed Term Part Time (PT) 
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses) 
 

About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none. 

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD (still within the bounds of Myki and ride-sharing), Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be.

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Grade 4 Social Workers to join the Ward 8 Acute Adult Mental Health Unit at The Northern Hospital, Epping in a fixed term, part time basis (0.4EFT) until November 2026.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne’s rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital.  In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

About the Role:

This Grade 4 Social Worker role is based within Ward 8, a mixed-gender acute adult inpatient mental health unit, which provides recovery focussed, trauma informed care for consumers aged between 18- 64, who are in need of acute support to make their next steps forward in their mental health journey. 

This position is located at The Northern Hospital at 185 Cooper Street, Epping. This role will also involve supporting and working for Ward 7 and Ward 23- two adult mental health units operating from the same campus, when needed.  

This role is responsible for ……

As part of the multidisciplinary team, the Social Worker will provide professional social work services, including accommodation referrals and assistance, psychosocial assessment, assistance with payments and Centrelink, social case work, discharge planning, work with families and carers, and community liaison work, while gaining specialist skills and experience in assessment, acute treatment and support and other interventions for people with mental health concerns and their family/carers.

This role is available on a fixed term basis until November 2026, at a 0.4 (2 days per week) basis.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current National Police and Working with Children History Check.


• An Approved degree in Social Work and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers


• A minimum 3 years of relevant experience


• A desire and ability to support consumers experiencing mental health challenges in a manner that is wholistic, person-centered, humanistic and trauma informed.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Rebecca Nilsson, Program Manager on 8405 8870.

Applications close Wednesday 17 June 2026. 

Shortlisting will commence immediately for this vacancy. If an appropriate candidate is sourced, the advertising may close early, thus we advise you to apply right away.

Why work at the Northern Health?

NH offer a range of benefits which support and reward staff both personally and professionally.

Our staff benefits include award winning facilities and campus partnerships, Professional development and events, an award-winning Health and wellbeing program and financial benefits.

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our new ‘Thrive’ program


• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support


• An inclusive and culturally safe space


• Access to salary packaging & EAP


• Comprehensive Library services for learning, research, clinical decision-making, leisure and wellbeing (onsite and online)

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.