Social Workers

**Job no**: 882130
**Work type**: Casual
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Modbury Hospital - Modbury**:

- **Salary**: AHP1 - $35.00 - $42.73 per hour + 25% loading / AHP2 - $45.11 - $52.26 per hour + 25% loading**:

- **Casual, up to 30 June 2025**

**About the Role**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking Social Workers to join the Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division casual pool. This rewarding opportunity offers the chance to make a lasting impact to the lives of those we serve while advancing your professional growth.

As a Social Worker in this vital role, you'll have the chance to positively influence the lives of individuals and their families during some of their most vulnerable moments. Your expertise and compassion will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive social work services, including assessment, counselling, advocacy, and support.

Working within the dynamic and supportive environment, you'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to deliver holistic care tailored to each patient's unique needs. Your ability to empathise, problem-solve, and communicate effectively will be invaluable in ensuring the highest quality of care.

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.

**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.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

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.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

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.

**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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job Ref: 882130**

**Enquiries**:
Debbie Brown

Clinical Manager

Phone: (08) 7321 4003

**Application Closing Date**:
1 November 2024 **-** 11.55PM

**Role Description**:
**Advertised**: 18 Oct 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 01 Nov 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time