Posted: 14h ago
The role
Salary, plus 25% loading plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits: $***** – $***** per hour – AHP1 $***** – $***** per hour – AHP2. Casual, up to 5 April ****
About the Role
As a Social Worker within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) Mental Health Services, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to consumers accessing community-based mental health services. You will provide comprehensive assessment, intervention and care coordination to support recovery and optimise health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, their families and carers.
At the AHP1 classification you will develop your clinical practice and professional capabilities while working under direct clinical supervision. At the AHP2 classification, you will apply your clinical experience with greater autonomy to deliver high-quality, evidence-based social work services.
Responsibilities – AHP1
- Deliver social work services within a mental health context, including assessment, care planning, intervention and discharge planning.
- Apply developing knowledge and skills to support consumers with a range of mental health presentations.
- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary mental health teams to provide coordinated care.
- Manage a caseload and respond to routine and some non-routine clinical situations with support.
- Participate in professional development, quality improvement activities and service improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities – AHP2
- Provide comprehensive assessments and interventions for consumers with more complex mental health needs.
- Manage a caseload with reduced supervision, including non-routine and complex clinical presentations.
- Demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and professional judgement in a mental health setting.
- Support and guide less experienced staff, students and allied health assistants.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary care planning, service development and quality improvement initiatives within mental health services.
About You
You are a compassionate and motivated Social Worker with a strong interest in mental health, committed to supporting consumers, families and carers through recovery-oriented practice.
Qualifications
- A recognised Social Work qualification with eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake comprehensive psychosocial assessments and deliver evidence-based interventions within a mental health setting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with consumers, carers, multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders.
- The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary mental health team and contribute to coordinated, consumer-centred care.
- Effective time management and organisational skills, with the capacity to manage a clinical caseload in a dynamic service workplace.
- A commitment to continuous learning, professional development and quality improvement.
- For AHP1 applicants: emerging clinical capability and a willingness to learn and grow within a supported mental health environment.
- For AHP2 applicants: more developed clinical experience, sound professional judgement, and the ability to manage more complex presentations with increasing autonomy while supporting others in the team.
Benefits
- Salary package and loading, superannuation and salary sacrifice options.
- Incremental wage increases in line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement.
- Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise and structured professional development opportunities.
- Flexible working arrangements and opportunities for movement and career progression.
- Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
EEO and Disability
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
Legal Requirements
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) and National Police Check.
- Immunisation Risk Category A – follows the SA Health workplace vaccination policy.
Contact
Job Ref: ******
Enquiries: Mangaljit Johal, Acting Principal Social Worker
Phone: **************
Email: ******
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