Social Worker

**Job no**: 833717
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Modbury Hospital - Modbury**:

- **Salary**: $101,124 - $108,467 p.a. **(pro rata)** **- AHP3 ; Permanent Part-Time - Working 15 hours per week week**

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

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.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

**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 the Role**:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Social Worker within the Northern Adelaide Palliative Care Unit

The Senior Social Worker is responsible to the Nurse Unit Manager, Northern Adelaide Palliative Service (NAPS) for the development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of quality palliative services for patients of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN).

The Senior Social Work participates as member of the palliative care team within the Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division. Optimal care and outcomes are ensured by providing a comprehensive range of Social Work services to patients receiving inpatient palliative care, community palliative care, and bereavement supports.

The Senior Social Worker works in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary team, to effectively plan and provide therapeutic interventions based on patient goals. This may involve consultation and liaison with the team, other professional disciplines, and external organisations**.**

The Senior Social Worker is accountable for their own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff.

The Senior Social Worker assists in the provision and management of a service particularly in the areas of:

- Supporting social work staff and students.
- Improving social work, policy, procedures, guidelines, and practices
- Supporting operational management of the Social Work team through the development, coordination, and management of high-quality psychosocial care services.

Working in conjunction with other (Social Work) members and other health professionals the Senior Clinician optimises patient functional and health outcomes in this specialty area. As a highly skilled and competent clinician, the incumbent delivers quality services and provides clinical leadership within the acute hospital services, providing support and supervision to less experienced staff.

Within Palliative Care, the Senior Social Worker is responsible for the overall operation of the Social Work Team including assessments, quality improvement activities, recruitment, service development and evaluation.

To be eligible for this position, you must have a Appropriate Degree or equi