Social Worker - Northern Community Mental Health

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Relocation assistance (interstate/over

Job summary

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking a Social Worker to join the Adult Mental Health Service in a dynamic, multidisciplinary team in Salisbury, SA. This ongoing full-time role offers a salary range of AUD 94,997 to AUD 110,052 per year plus superannuation and salary sacrifice benefits.

The role focuses on specialist psychosocial assessment, recovery-oriented interventions, and collaboration with consumers, carers and external agencies to coordinate care across health and

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health assessment and recovery-oriented practice with adults.
• Understanding psychosocial factors influencing mental health in community settings.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments and contribute to multidisciplinary care planning.
• Deliver evidence-informed individual and group interventions that support recovery and community participation.
• Collaborate with consumers, carers, and external agencies to coordinate care across health and community systems.
• Provide consultation, advocacy, and liaison to support safe transitions of care.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Recovery-oriented practice

Autonomy in work

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Degree in Social Work (AASW eligible)

Job description

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Community Mental Health - Salisbury SA 5108
• Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
• Ongoing Full-Time

About the Role:

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Social Worker to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

Community mental health recovery looks different for everyone — and at the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), the Social Workers who make it possible are anything but ordinary. If you're ready to bring your clinical skills to a service that genuinely invests in its people and the communities they serve, this ongoing, full-time role within the Adult Mental Health Service could be your next step.

What You'll Be Working On

Embedded within the NALHN Mental Health Service Adult Community team, you'll provide specialist social work assessment, intervention, and recovery-focused support to adults experiencing complex mental health challenges across Adelaide's northern suburbs. Your day-to-day will include:

• Conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary care planning
• Delivering evidence-informed individual and group interventions that support recovery and community participation
• Collaborating with consumers, carers, and external agencies to coordinate care across health and community systems
• Providing consultation, advocacy, and liaison to support safe and appropriate transitions of care

What You Bring

• Demonstrated experience in mental health assessment and recovery-oriented practice with adults
• Strong understanding of the psychosocial factors that influence mental health and wellbeing in community settings
• Ability to work autonomously and contribute constructively within a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to SA Health's person-centred care values and the NALHN community it serves
• Current driver's licence suitable for community-based work across the northern metropolitan region

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.

About You:

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.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”

“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”

“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north‑eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi‑day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub‑acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in‑hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

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.

Incremental wage increases in‑line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

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

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Social Worker in NALHN include:

• professional development opportunities. We have a well‑established Allied Health Education unit which offers high‑quality, targeted in‑house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
• opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
• regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person‑related employment – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

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: 953899

Enquiries:

Mangaljit Johal

Principal Social Worker

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date:

20 November 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

953899 - Social Worker, Northern Community Mental Health - NMH - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf