Social Worker

**Job no**: 856876
**Work type**: Full time, Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service - Northern Metro Community Team - Elizabeth - 5010**:

- **Salary - Classification - AHP2 - Allied Health Professional L2 - $86,950 to $100,729**:

- **Employment Full time/Part time - Ongoing Permanent/ Temporary opportunities available**

**Overview**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** provides state of the art health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions as well as being SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service.

Our community-based services also reach hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across South Australia through our various services and programs in areas such as our Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth Health and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

The **Child and Family Health Service (CaFHS)** is a free statewide service that supports parents and families of children from birth to five years of age, who live across metropolitan, regional and rural areas in South Australia.

With over 100 clinics across South Australia, CaFHS helps parents and families to understand their child’s health, development, and wellbeing needs, which can include breastfeeding, sleeping, settling, introducing solids, parenting and play and development. Each year, CaFHS provides over 75,000 family consultations via in clinic or at home appointments, telehealth (phone) or virtually.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

**The Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Northern Metro Community team as a Social Worker in a **Full time/Part time, Ongoing/Temporary** capacity.

As the **CaFHS Social Worker** you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve the early identification, assessment and care planning for families with complex needs and facing adversity. You will look to strengthen a family's ability to cope and solve problems, cultivate a positive outlook for the future, and help them better understand available resources.

The role is based in a CaFHS site but works across regions, including Torrens House, a residential intensive program for mother with babies who are experiencing feeding, settling issues.

**About You**

To be successful in this role you would need to:

- Hold a degree or equivalent qualification for full membership in the Australian Association of Social Workers.
- Have strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work in a team.
- Be capable of independent, responsible work with limited supervision.
- Demonstrate knowledge in clinical social work, including group work, developmental theory, and various assessment and intervention models for children, adolescents, and families.
- Have extensive clinical experience in managing complex child and adolescent mental health issues.
- Be proficient in implementing clinical assessments and interventions using diverse theoretical models.

To find out the specifics, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please go to the attached role description.

**Benefits of Joining us**

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.

**Application Instructions**

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole process.

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working 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. work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this posi