**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 870621
**Location**: 5118 - GAWLER EAST
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Community and Allied Health Service, Gawler/Barossa**:
- **Salary: AHP2 $88,255 - $102,240 p.a. (Pro-rata)**:
- **Temporary Part-time position working 22.5 hours per week** up to 27 June 2025**
**Overview**
The Palliative Care Social Worker applies clinical experience, specialist clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated range of services, appropriate to the needs of clients living with a life-limiting illness. The Palliative Care Social Worker works under reduced clinical direction, and may contribute to the clinical supervision of less experienced allied health professionals. As a member of a multi-professional team, including health professionals and service providers from other sectors, the Palliative Care Social Worker utilises a combination of preventative, early intervention, treatment / therapy and evaluation approaches. Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
**Qualifications**
Must hold a recognised qualification within the Social Work profession, and be eligible for practicing membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers. For those professions requiring Registration, all requirements to obtain and maintain current registration must be fulfilled. For self regulated professions it is desirable to participate in the professional association accredited continuing professional development program.
In addition to the annual salary package we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.
**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)**
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**:870621**
**Application Closing Date**
**6 September 2024 - 2 week close - 11.55PM**
**Attachments**
870621 - Social Worker - Palliative Care amended.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.