Clinical Supervisor, Social Work

Legal Services Commission; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 109,000 - 146,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Payment of professional memberships

Employee Assistance Program

CPD program access

Fitness Passport access

Job summary

Legal Services Commission in Adelaide seeks a casual Clinical Supervisor to lead and support a seven‑person Family Safety social work team. Reporting to the Manager, Family Safety, you will provide clinical supervision, uphold ethical standards, and strengthen professional practice.

The role involves trauma‑informed coaching, reflective supervision, and collaboration within a multi‑disciplinary setting to build supervisees' competence and confidence.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent enabling full membership of AASW.
• Trauma-informed practice skills.
• Ability to coach professionals to build capability.
• Experience supervising social workers in a multi-disciplinary setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional supervision to seven social workers.
• Support team with best practice and adherence to ethical and legal standards.
• Foster reflective practice and professional judgement.
• Collaborate with Manager Family Safety to strengthen service delivery.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Trauma-informed practice

Coaching professionals

Reflective practice

Multi-disciplinary supervision

Education

Degree in Social Work or equivalent

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an appropriately experienced Clinical Supervisor to join our Family Law team in this newly created role. Reporting to the Manager, Family Safety, this position will provide professional and clinical supervision to, and in support of, our team of seven social workers.

About you

You are a skilled social worker, with experience providing clinical and professional supervision to social workers at various stages in their career to ensure best practice and adherence to ethical and legal standards.

You will:

• Have an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Have highly developed practical skills in trauma informed and trauma responsive practice.
• Possess high level engagement skills, including the ability to effectively coach qualified professionals to build capability and knowledge.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop and execute effective approaches to develop supervisees' competence and confidence based on their needs, including the ability to encourage reflective practice by appropriately challenging assumptions, exploring different perspectives and encouraging critical reflection to strengthen professional judgement and practice.
• Demonstrate experience providing clinical supervisory services to social workers ideally within a multi-disciplinary setting.

Salary Range

Salary offered will be dependent on the successful candidate's experience and qualifications, on a casual basis.

• AHP4: $78.62 - $85.60 per hour plus superannuation and leave loading
• AHP5: $87.59 - $95.73 per hour plus superannuation and leave loading
• AHP6: $105.19 per hour plus superannuation and leave loading

As a not-for-profit organisation, Legal Services is able to offer its employees attractive salary sacrifice arrangements, including up to $15,900 pre-tax Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year for general living expenses.

Term of Employment

Casual contract available for up to 24 months working 0.1 FTE at the AHP4, AHP5 or AHP6 classification level.

Workplace Benefits

• The opportunity to work alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues in a supportive workplace that is concerned about employee well-being.
• Generous salary sacrifice benefits through Smart Salary (as outlined above).
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Payment of relevant Professional memberships.
• Support for employees and their family through our inclusive Employee Assistance Program.
• Supported training and development opportunities in areas including working with vulnerable clients, cultural sensitivity and trauma informed practice.
• Access to a comprehensive in-house legal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
• Contemporary workplace accommodation.
• Career development opportunities within the team and the organisation.
• Payment of employment screening checks.
• Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that give you and your family access to wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.

Should you require any further information please direct your query to Nicole Lancaster, Manager Family Safety on [phone] or [email protected]. Please refer to the position description for more detail. We welcome applications from everyone. We are an inclusive employer, and support diversity and inclusion by recognising our staff for their unique qualities, ideas, and insights.