Social Worker

**Job no**: 876739
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Western
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Central Adelaide Local Health Network**:

- **Mental Health Services, Kidman Park**:

- **Salary AHP-2 $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. (pro rata)**:

- **Temporary up to 27/6/25 and part-time working 22.5 hours per week**

**About the role**

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) Mental Health Clinical Program is made up of a range of multidisciplinary teams providing recovery-focussed clinical services to consumers. These teams include inpatient and sub-acute, community and rehabilitation teams in youth, adult and older persons’ services.

The Social Worker provides consumer focused, strengths based, individually tailored clinical rehabilitation services and group programs to consumers of the Mental Health Service. Rehabilitation assists people to acquire and use the strengths, skills, and resources to support successful and satisfying living, learning and working in the environments of their choice.

The focus is on strengths, self-determination, collaborative partnerships, hope, community participation and citizenship, family and social networks and inclusion, holistic care, cultural diversity and reflection and learning. Services are time limited and provided by working individually, in groups or by linking with non
- government organisations (NGOs) and other community services.

The incumbent works as part of a multidisciplinary team and is accountable for the provision of discipline specific services including assessments, planning, interventions and programs to enhance recovery orientated outcomes for consumers and their families and carers. The role provides rehabilitation programs to a group of consumers whose severity of mental disorder and/or level of disability necessitates regular review and follow-up to facilitate improved social functioning and community tenure.

The Social Worker will provide clinical expertise, leadership and support to multidisciplinary team.

**Qualifications**
- Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

**About CALHN**

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

**What we offer**
- Attractive salary packaging available
- Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
- Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Current National Police Clearance (NPC)
- Working with Children Check
- Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

**Application Information**:

- 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.

**Job ref: 876739**

**Enquiries to**:
Ellie Heard

Telephone: 0422 756 868

**Application Closing Date**

11:55 pm Friday 6 September 2024

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**Advertised**: 23 Aug 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 06 Sep 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time