Allied Health Professional Practice Program

**Job no**: 876748
**Work type**: Full time, Part time
**Location**: Various, Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Community Services
- SA Health AHPPP Mental Health Services, Various Locations
- Salary: AHP-1 $67,466 - $82,359 (pro-rata) / AHP-2 $85,665 - $99,241 p.a. (pro-rata)
- Full-time and/or part-time temporary positions from February 2025

**Are you looking for a dynamic and exciting career in public Mental Health Services?**

**Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals experiencing mental illness?**

The **Allied Health Professional Practice Program (AHPPP) **is a SA Health statewide mental health program open to 2025 graduating Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists who are seeking to build a career in public mental health clinical and psychosocial practice. The program supports those wishing to gain confidence, skills and experience in the mental health sector and has demonstrated results in supporting participants to build a successful career. The program offers comprehensive orientation to SA Health Mental Health, a 12-month professional development program, and professional supervision and support. Participants will experience working within multidisciplinary team environments and with different consumer groups. Positions are located in multiple positions across metropolitan and regional South Australia. BHFLHN is coordinating the 2025 program which encompasses recruitment of positions in other metropolitan and regional health networks. Eligible applicants must have been enrolled to complete their academic course in 2024.

We are inviting multiple applicants with different levels of expertise and experience, to fill either:

- _Psychologist roles_ (AHP1/2)
- _Occupational Therapist roles _(AHP1)
- _Social Worker roles _(AHP1)

**Benefits of Working at SA Health**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, and a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with SA Health.
- Access to endorsed supervisors with extensive clinical and mental health experience, during work hours.
- Leave Entitlements including paid Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, Long Service Leave, Parental leave, and others.
- Access to _Salary Packaging_, with the ability to pay for things such as rent or your mortgage before tax, increasing your take home pay.
- An incremental wage increases in-line with the _SA Public Sector Enterprise Agreement: Salaried (2021)._
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.
- Working collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary team of likeminded professionals.
- Potential to work across multiple sites in SA Health, depending on business needs.
- Opportunity to be supported to conduct research projects, during work hours, pertaining to your role, with exciting funding opportunities present within SA Health.

**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.

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**:876748**

**Want to Know More?**
- Advanced Clinical Lead Psychology_

Brooke Packham

Telephone: 0408 889 072
- Advanced Clinical Lead Social Work_

Claire Hyland

Telephone: 0423 781 444
- Advanced Clinical Lead Occupational Therapy_

Adrian Leet

Telephone: 7425 6113

**Application Closing Date**

11:55 pm Friday 27 September 2024

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**Advertised**: 06 Sep 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 27 Sep 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time