Social Worker

Social Worker 

Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer flexible benefits and career opportunities to support your growth, including:

- Various positions available with flexible working hours, offering the opportunity for career growth within a large organisation
- Competitive salary and superannuation package
- Join a welcoming and inclusive team
- Access to professional development and training programs
- Free lunch and onsite parking

Make an impact at Serco
As a Social Worker within the Psychological Health Services (PHS) team at Acacia Prison, you will provide psychological assessment and intervention to inmates for a broad range of presenting issues. There is a specific focus on suicide and self- harm risk assessment and crisis intervention. Psychological Health Services also provide other goal-directed, psychological interventions appropriate for a forensic population. This is a full-time, permanent position based in Wooroloo, WA.

As a Social Worker in the Psychological Health Services team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary care team to provide a high level of care for inmates who are experiencing psychological distress and/or functional impairment.

- Completing comprehensive risk assessments and using these to develop appropriate treatment and management plans for people at risk of self-harm.

- Providing individual counselling and/or group therapy to inmates with current psychological needs.

- Preparing accurate and defensible documentation including progress notes, formulations and treatment plans.

Serco is a place for you
You are a compassionate professional with a strong commitment to mental health and wellbeing. You thrive in collaborative environments and are driven to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

- Bachelor’s degree in social work; AND eligibility for registration with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Solid understanding of evidence-based practices in the assessment and intervention of different psychological and behavioural presentations
- Demonstrated experience in providing individual counselling, preferably within a correctional, welfare, or similar institutional environment.
- Proven ability to collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver psychological services and programs.
- Exceptional report writing abilities, producing accurate and defensible documentation.

For help with your application or questions about the role, please contact me, Barbara Swart, Talent Acquisition Business Partner, on 08 8432 2510 or via email: barbara.swart@serco-ap.com

About Serco
As a fast-growing global company, Serco’s services span justice, migration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility. By joining us, you’ll be part of a supportive culture with trusted leaders who help you achieve your goals.

Please note:

This position requires a comprehensive probity assessment, including a Federal Police Check.
Team members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, technology, and partners to create impactful solutions for some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Impact a better future at Serco.