Social Worker

**Job no**: 896785
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care, Public Health, Aboriginal Health
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Health Service - Port Adelaide**:

- **Salary**: $88,255 - $102,240 p.a.**plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits** **- AHP2**:

- **Temporary Full-Time, up to 30 June 2027**

**About the Role**:
Calling all compassionate and driven social workers Embrace this extraordinary opportunity to positively impact lives. The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is actively seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join our Tuberculosis Outreach Team.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

This multifaceted role demands a unique blend of clinical expertise, empathy and a deep commitment to client-centred care. Your responsibilities will encompass conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments, developing tailored interventions and advocating for clients' needs within a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

To thrive in this role, you'll need exceptional communication skills and a genuine passion for community health.

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.

**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)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is**-** Category B (indirect 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: 896785**

**Enquiries**:
Emma Tilley

Nurse Consultant

Phone: (08) 8282 0543

**Application Closing Date**:
21 March 2025 **-** 11.55PM

**Role Description and Further Information**:
**Advertised**: 07 Mar 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 21 Mar 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time