Ahp1 Social Worker

**Department for Child Protection**
**Job reference**: 656575
**Location**: 5118 - GAWLER
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Role Status**: Multiple Full-Time Vacancies until 12 August 2025
**Remuneration**: AHP1/PO1 ($68,478 - $83,594 p.a.) + 11.5% Superannuation

**Role Details**

The Department for Child Protection is seeking multiple **Social Workers** or **Case Managers** to join the Gawler Office on a full-time term basis.

The role is responsible for:

- Providing effective case management services to respond to the needs of children and their families aligned to appropriate statutory guidelines.
- Delivering a range of intervention strategies to safeguard children and promote positive outcomes.
- Assisting children in out of home care to reconnect with their birth families, strengthen relationships and achieve and maintain reunification.
- Undertaking regular visits and supporting parents in developing appropriate parenting skills.

**About You**

This will allow you to identify and respond to the needs and risks to safety, wellbeing and development of children and young people.

**About the Business**

The Department for Child Protection (DCP) plays a key role in the protection of children, young people and their families within South Australia. The department provides support to vulnerable children and young people to be safe, strong and connected.

**What We Offer**:

- Career progression tailored to your goals: we are a large organisation with diverse opportunities across metropolitan Adelaide, regional and remote South Australia.
- Employee Assistance Program: confidential and independent counselling for employees and their families.
- Strong commitment to learning and development.
- Paid Parental and Partner Leave.
- Free annual flu vaccination for staff.
- Leave loading and salary packaging opportunities.
- Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that give you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.

**Special Conditions**

**Essential**:
**AHP**: A degree level qualification in Social Work which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
**PO**: Appropriate degree qualification in Community Services, Social Sciences, Human Services, Health or related field.

To find out more about this role, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please click on the attached role descriptions.

To **apply** for this role, please click the 'apply' button to be re-directed to the DCP Career Portal.

**Applications close**: 09/03/2025 11:00 PM