Social Worker - Counselling And Early Response Team

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Fitness Passport

Employee Assistance Program

Relocation assistance (negotiable)

Job summary

Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) in North Adelaide is seeking a trauma‑specialist social worker to deliver high‑quality care for victim‑survivors aged 16+. You will provide therapeutic support, advocacy and guidance within feminist and victim‑survivor–centred practice, helping clients access health, legal and community services.

The role emphasises comprehensive assessment, risk management and coordinated care across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification qualifying for AASW full membership.
• Experience in crisis/trauma or sexual violence settings.
• Strong therapeutic counselling skills with brief and longer-term interventions.
• Ability to conduct intake, psychosocial assessment, risk assessment, and care planning.
• Excellent advocacy, communication and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-specialist social work support and counselling to victim-survivors aged 16+.
• Conduct intake, risk assessment, care planning and triage.
• Deliver brief and ongoing therapeutic interventions.
• Coordinate care with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support navigation of health, legal and community services.
• Prepare reports and documentation for legal/criminal justice processes.

Job description

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Yarrow Place Rape and Sexual Assault Service, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – AHP2, $94,997.00 - $110,052.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Ongoing/Permanent

About WCHN

Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We're shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence - with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Social Worker is responsible for delivering high-quality, trauma-specialist social work services to people aged 16 years and over who have experienced rape or sexual assault. Working within a feminist, victim-survivor, and rights-based framework, the role provides therapeutic support, advocacy, and guidance to help individuals navigate their recovery and access appropriate services and systems.

Key duties of the role

• Provide trauma-specialist support and therapeutic interventions to victim-survivors of sexual violence, underpinned by feminist and victim-rights practice principles.
• Undertake comprehensive intake, risk assessment, care planning, and triage processes.
• Deliver brief interventions and ongoing therapeutic counselling tailored to individual needs.
• Manage complex client matters, including coordinated care, advocacy, and consultation with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support clients to understand and navigate health, legal, and community service systems, ensuring access to appropriate resources and supports.
• Provide specialist information and advice regarding the impacts of rape and sexual assault and available support pathways.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of training programs, professional education, and community awareness initiatives.
• Prepare high-quality written reports, support letters, and documentation for use within legal and criminal justice processes.

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Demonstrated experience providing services within crisis, trauma, and/or sexual violence settings.
• Strong therapeutic counselling skills, including experience delivering both brief interventions and longer-term therapeutic support.
• Proven ability to conduct comprehensive intake, psychosocial assessment, risk assessment, and care planning.
• Experience managing complex client presentations using sound clinical judgement and trauma-informed practice.
• Well-developed advocacy, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to prepare clear, professional reports and case documentation.
• Commitment to feminist, trauma-informed, and victim-survivor-centred practice principles

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of victim-survivors while working as part of a specialised, supportive, and multidisciplinary team committed to providing compassionate, evidence-informed care.

To learn more about this role - including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements - please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

Enquiries can be directed to

Eliza De Silva

RMERT Coordinator

1800 817 421

Application Closing Date: Thursday 12 November 2026 at 11:55pm

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.