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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Enfield 5085
• Salary/Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180.00 to $111,746.00
• Employment Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 22 May 2026)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS State-wide services/guardianship team as a Clinical Coordinator, where you will be responsible for:

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary team activities to ensure continuity, quality, and expert consultation in mental health care, particularly for Guardianship Services and complex CAMHS cases.
• Oversee and maintain clinical documentation and information systems in line with organisational policies, using data to support decision-making and improve service outcomes.
• Drive service improvement and alignment with corporate systems by adapting local processes based on service needs, evaluation results, and identified issues.
• Foster internal and external partnerships to ensure integrated care and optimal client outcomes through collaborative, evidence-based mental health practice.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and reflective practice, providing staff with development opportunities and supporting performance management.

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, or
• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia within an endorsed for clinical practice; or
• Appropriate degree of equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia.
• Demonstrated experience in child abuse/child protection work and child and adolescent mental health work and, having a wide range of emotional and behavioural issues.
• Excellent liaison and presentation skills which includes an ability to communicate with all levels of management and staff, administrative and clinical and with key personnel from other agencies.
• Proven leadership experience, including the ability to coordinate workflow and the work of others, ensure that work meets required standards, motivate other professional staff and foster team member participation in decision making.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• 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 to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

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:

Lee Marling

Position: Manager, CAMHS Statewide Services

Phone: 81617198

E-mail: Lee.Marling@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 27/06/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

AHP3 CAMHS Guardianship Clinical Coordinator Role-Description-April 2025 (1).pdf