Clinical Senior Social Worker - Mount Barker

Health; Mount Barker; Hybrid; AUD 112,000 - 120,000; Part time

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Job summary

Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is seeking a Clinical Senior Social Worker for Mount Barker in its Emergency Department team. This part-time role focuses on advanced psychosocial care, supporting vulnerable consumers and families, and leading service improvements within a collaborative multidisciplinary setting.

The position offers a flexible, balanced schedule (22.5 hours over 5 days a fortnight) and a pathway to leadership responsibilities while delivering high-quality,

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical skills in psychosocial care within a fast-paced healthcare setting.
• Experience in emergency department social work is desirable.
• Ability to lead, mentor and support allied health colleagues.
• Strong assessment, crisis intervention and discharge planning skills.
• Commitment to consumer-centred care and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert psychosocial assessment, intervention and advocacy for ED patients and families.
• Support safe, timely and person-centred discharge planning with the team.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to colleagues.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and new models of care.
• Build partnerships with consumers, families and community services to optimise outcomes.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Discharge planning

Crisis intervention

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Clinical Senior Social Worker - Mount Barker

Job no: 947695
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Hills
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Mount Barker- Emergency Department
• AHP3 Salary:$112,139 - $120,294 per annum (adjusted to hours worked)+ allowances & benefits
• Part time (22.5 hours/5 days a fortnight), Temporary – to 2 nd August 2027

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join our Emergency Department team as a Clinical Senior Social Worker, where you will provide advanced clinical care, support vulnerable consumers and families, and influence positive health outcomes. This rewarding part-time role offers work life balance along with the opportunity to combine expert social work practice with leadership, mentoring, and service improvement initiatives, while working within a collaborative interdisciplinary team dedicated to delivering high-quality, person-centred care across BHFLHN.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this bymaintainingexceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

MountBarkeroffers an outstanding lifestyle, combining a thriving regional community and services, with cafés,wineriesand outdoor recreationright atyour doorstep. Located just over 30 minutes from Adelaide, it provides the perfect balance of career opportunity,affordabilityand relaxed living. Discover Mount Barker Here .

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you an experienced Social Worker with advanced clinical skills and a passion for supporting consumers with complex psychosocial needs in a fast-paced healthcare environment?
• Do you excel at building collaborative relationships and working effectively within interdisciplinary teams to achieve positive consumer outcomes?
• Are you a confident leader who can provide guidance,mentorshipand professional support to allied health colleagues?
• Do you have strong assessment, crisisinterventionand discharge planning skills, with a commitment to consumer-centred care?
• Are you motivated to drive service improvement, contribute to workforce development, and champion best-practice social work services?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Deliver expert psychosocial assessment, intervention and advocacy for consumers and families presenting to the Emergency Department.
• Support safe,timelyand person-centred discharge planning in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to allied health professionals to strengthen service capability.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, servicedevelopmentand evidence-based models of care across BHFLHN.
• Build strong partnerships with consumers, families, communityservicesand healthcare teams to optimise health outcomes.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress orconsolidateyour career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utilitybillsand groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, itis important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you willbe requiredto undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what yourequireis also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as theclients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 947695), or reach out toTheron Philp, Team Leader Inpatients, onphone 0411 327 225or via E-mail: [e-mail]

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Applications Close onWednesday 30th September,2026at 11.55PM.

Advertised: 23 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 30 Sep 2026 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Standard Time