Social Worker - Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre

SA Health; Adelaide; Vor Ort; AUD 95.000 - 110.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary packaging

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Relocation assistance may be available

Zusammenfassung

SA Health's Northern Adelaide Local Health Network seeks a Social Worker (AHP2) at Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre to deliver psychosocial assessments and recovery-focused interventions for adults with complex mental health needs in a community-based setting.

The role requires an appropriate Social Work degree, eligibility for AASW, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in social work with eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Experience with psychosocial assessment and recovery planning in mental health settings.
• Knowledge of SA mental health legislative framework and national standards.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a rehabilitation-focused, community-based team.
• Strong communication with consumers, carers, and external service providers.

Aufgaben

• Provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments and care planning for adults with complex mental health needs.
• Deliver therapeutic individual and group interventions aligned to recovery-oriented practice.
• Coordinate with community services, housing supports, and family networks to reduce barriers to independent living.
• Participate in multidisciplinary reviews, case conferences, and clinical governance processes.

Kenntnisse

Mental health experience

Psychosocial assessment

Recovery planning

Communication skills

Driver's licence

Ausbildung

Social Work degree eligible for AASW

Jobbeschreibung

Job no: 953462
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network –Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre – ELIZABETH EAST SA 5112
• Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
• Temporary Part-Time – 30 hours per week, up to 3 December 2027

About the Role:

Mental health recovery is built on connection, consistency, and skilled clinical support. As a Social Worker with the NALHN Mental Health Service at Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre in Salisbury, you'll work alongside a committed multidisciplinary team to support adults on their rehabilitation journey within one of South Australia's most progressive community-based mental health settings.

Your Role at Wondakka

This is a part-time, short-term contract position (ending 3 December 2027) embedded within the Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Service. You will contribute meaningfully to community-based recovery by delivering:

• Comprehensive psychosocial assessments and care planning for adults with complex mental health needs
• Therapeutic individual and group interventions aligned to recovery-oriented practice frameworks
• Coordination with community services, housing supports, and family networks to reduce barriers to independent living
• Active participation in multidisciplinary team reviews, case conferences, and clinical governance processes

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience in mental health settings, including psychosocial assessment and recovery planning
• Sound understanding of the South Australian mental health legislative framework and the National Standards for Mental Health Services
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a rehabilitation-focused, community-based team
• Strong communication skills and experience engaging with consumers, carers, and external service providers
• Current driver's licence and willingness to work across NALHN sites as required

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.

NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein 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 screening – 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: 953462

Enquiries:

Eliza Neander

Manager

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date:

13 November 2026– 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

953462 - Social Worker - AHP2 - Northern Mental Health - Role Description.pdf

Advertised: 30 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 13 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time