Social Worker

**Job no**: 839246
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Barossa, Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Family Health Service, Nuriootpa**:

- **Salary - **Classification - AHP2 - Allied Health Professional L2 - $86,950 to $101,729 pro rata.**:

- **Employment Part time - Ongoing Permanent**
- On top of this, as an employee of Women’s and Children’s Health Network, you will have access to Salary Sacrifice benefits with _**_MAXXIA_**_ which allows for generous salary sacrifice arrangements each FBT year as a special benefit for employees of the local Health Networks. A Meal Entertainment allowance per FBT year can also be salary sacrificed out of your pre-tax income to cover costs over and above the Everyday living expenses benefit._

**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.

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.

South Australia records approximately 20,000 births each year and CaFHS offers an in home initial 4 health and development check at 1 to 4 weeks of age, to support the infant and family’s health, wellbeing and development. Further health and development checks are offered at 6-8 weeks, 6-9 months, 18-24 months, 3 years and 4 to 5 years. For children with ongoing or complex needs, CaFHS can refer families to other healthcare and community service supports.

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 Barossa / Gawler team as a **Social Worker** in a **Part time (0.9 FTE), ongoing basis**.

The CaFHS Social Worker works as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve the early identification, assessment and care planning for families with complex needs and facing adversity. This role works with parents who face challenges through the provision of individual counselling, advocacy and support. Encouraging the best use of individual and family strengths and resources by working in partnerships with the caregiver/family to:

- Increase coping skills
- Better develop problem solving skills
- Feel positive about their future
- Gain a better understanding of where to seek resources/information in the future.

**About You**

To be successful in this role you need to be able to undertake comprehensive psychosocial assessment of families with young children utilising contemporary best practice frameworks. Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating complex interventions including group work aimed at addressing psychosocial need in families with children aged 0 to 3 years, is essential.

If you have proven experience in and knowledge of Family intervention principles, methodologies and techniques, an understanding of the effects of child abuse and current preventative approaches and the major social and health issues facing mothers, fathers and children, then this role is for you.

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/c