Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – Salisbury Salary : $86,950 - $100,729 p.a.
– AHP2 - Temporary Full-Time, up to 13 December 2025 About Us: The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future.
NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services.
NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.
With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.
Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Benefits of working at NALHN: From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
About You: Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Social Worker looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community?
If so, then this could be the opportunity for you.
This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
You will be part of a growing Local Health Network (LHN) that provides an expanding suite of treatment modalities in contemporary, modern facilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About the Role: An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Social Worker within the Acute Inpatient Mental Health team.
As a Social Worker you will apply clinical experience, increasing clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services to the needs of clients of NALHN.
In this role you will work under limited direct supervision and may provide direction and support to less experience social workers, allied health assistants and students.
In this role you will rotate through a series of clinical services.
In this role you will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and liaise directly with medical, nursing staff of NALHN and with other community agencies.
The overarching role is to provide a comprehensive holistic service to patients / consumers and their families, with matters that may impact upon their social and emotional wellbeing during their involvement with acute mental health services.
Social work interventions are informed by thorough assessments and enhance a person's potential to secure an appropriate care pathway and ensure patients / consumers are provided with access to appropriate, up-to-date resources and services to make informed decisions.
To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
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.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s) 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.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Job Ref: 872702 Enquiries Lynda Dixon A/Principal Social Worker Phone: (08) 7425 6399 E-mail: ****** Application Closing Date 19 July 2024 - 11.55PM Attachments 872702 - Social Worker, Woodleigh House - Northern Mental Health - AHP2 - role description.pdf * Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.
