Address- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – Salisbury
- Salary: $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. – AHP2 - Temporary Part-Time - 30 hours per week, up until 4 April 2025
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.
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Social Worker within the Mental Health Division.
The Acute Stream Social Worker works within the multidisciplinary team and provides specific expertise to consumers experiencing deteriorating mental state. Key aspects of the role include emergency assessments, short term intervention, liaison with inpatient and community services, treatment planning, crisis intervention and safety planning. The Acute Stream Social Worker utilises a recovery oriented and person-centred approach to deliver care, working within a team-based style of service provision. The Acute Stream Social Worker participates in weekday clinical reviews to enable responsive care, promote recovery and service flow. The Acute Stream Social also contributes to the regular review of team practices and supports the development of new initiatives.
The Social Worker (AHP2) is accountable to the Team Manager/ Team Leader of the NALHN Unit for the provision assessment and treatment services for consumers of NALHN Community Mental Health Services, and which aim to optimise Health Outcomes.
The incumbent will rotate through a series of clinical services.
The Social Worker applies clinical experience, increasing clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services to the needs of clients of NALHN.
The Social Worker (AHP2) may provide direction and support to less experienced staff, Allied Health Assistants and Students.
The Social Worker works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and liaises directly with Medical, Nursing Staff of NALHN and with other Community Agencies.
To be eligible for this position, you must have an Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
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.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct 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: 867553
Enquiries
Lynda Dixon
Acting Principal Social Worker
Phone: (08) 7425 6***
E-mail: ***********@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
7 June 2024 - 11.55PM
Attachments
867553 - Social Worker - Mental Health - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.
