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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Youth and Women’s Safety & Wellbeing Division, Metropolitan Youth Health, Angle Park (5010)
• Salary

• Classification - AHP2 - Allied Health Professional L2 - $88,255 to $102,240
• Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 31 December 2025) 

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Metro Youth health team as a Youth Health Worker, where you will be responsible for:

• Engagement of young people who are disadvantaged and/or vulnerable to access and navigate through specialised primary health care services.
• Development and delivery of quality outcomes for clients through the provision of youth health care services within a case management framework, aligned to the Metropolitan Youth Health Model of Care.
• Improving service access and outcomes for young people through working in partnership with young people and their families and in collaboration with other health professionals and government and community agencies.
• Continuous service improvement through research, evaluation and the development of, policies, procedures and practice standards for the organisation.
• Provision of quality supervision and professional development to team members.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Advanced interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to foster productive working relationships across disciplines, manage conflict and to contribute positively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Ability to critically analyse and respond to the changing needs of the clients and the organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver training and development programs.
• Experience with Supervising, mentoring, and supporting other staff and/or students on placement.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• 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.)
• Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas.  Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Sarah Ayling

Phone: 08 8243 5637

Position: Team Leader

E-mail: Sarah.Ayling@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 21/4/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

AHP2 Youth Health Worker - Role Description 882438.pdf