Job no: 942256
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health, Public Health
* Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Oaklands Park– Psychosis Team
* Salary $73,710 - $89,981 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP1
* Salary $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP2
* Ongoing, Full Time Position
Build Your Social Work Career with SALHN — Marion Psychosis Team
Join SALHN's Marion Psychosis team as a Social Worker (AHP1/2) and deliver recovery-oriented, psychosocial support to adults living with psychotic illness across Adelaide's southern suburbs. Working within a close-knit multidisciplinary team at one of South Australia's leading local health networks, you'll carry a meaningful caseload while benefiting from strong clinical supervision and ongoing professional development. This is a full‐time, ongoing role that offers real career stability, SA Health salary packaging benefits, and the chance to make a genuine difference in your community.
About the role
Reporting to the Team Manager, this role is responsible for the delivery of a range of clinical activities, including mental health and psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, treatment and care planning, therapeutic interventions, advocacy and liaison with other community service providers.
Duties for the role will include
* Developing, implementing and evaluating specific social work therapeutic interventions such as individual counselling, family interventions, crisis intervention, brief therapy and focused psychological strategies.
* With support, developing and delivering therapeutic groups for consumers and family/carers.
* Undertaking health promotion activities such as developing and implementing educational services as required.
* Disseminating information on rights, benefits and services as required.
* Undertaking a clinical caseload and providing individual care coordination to consumers with complex and specialised needs utilising discipline‐specific expertise.
* Undertaking assessments, risk assessments and interventions to increase a consumer's functional capacity.
* Evaluating the progress made with each consumer and, when appropriate, facilitating transfer of care in a timely manner.
About you
* An appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
* Ability to provide core social work skills including psychosocial assessment, counselling, individual and group work, relationship and family interventions, crisis intervention and brief therapy.
* Highly motivated with the ability to engage with consumers who have very high service needs.
* Ability to undertake comprehensive assessment skills including consumer needs analysis, assessment of mental state and risk assessment.
* Ability to work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers, other agencies and community services to implement Treatment and Care Plans and coordinate comprehensive service provision for consumers who have enduring and complex needs.
* Experience working with people who have a mental illness, their families and/or carers.
* Experience in collaborative development, implementation and monitoring of planned interventions for consumers of mental health services with complex needs.
Benefits
* Salary sacrifice benefits.
* SA Health salary packaging benefits.
* Strong clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part‐time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role.
Contact
Rebecca Dow, Social Worker, 7425 8520,
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