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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Forensic Mental Health Service – Oakden
• Salary: $58,709 - $63,154 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – OPS2
• Ongoing Full-Time or Part-Time (Multiple Positions)

About the Role:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking exceptional individuals to join our Forensic Mental Health Service as a Community Rehabilitation Worker.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

Ashton House provides a range of recovery orientated and treatment services, therapy and educative programs to forensic consumers during the period of transition from a secure inpatient setting and the community, or those consumers in the community requiring an intervention to reduce risk of a readmission to a secure unit. Ashton House works closely with the inpatient treating team, community mental health services and other community systems of support and care and across the justice system.

The unit offers clinical case assessment and management, rehabilitation and preventative intervention services to consumers who are found Not Guilty By Reason of Mental Impairment under s269 of the Criminal Law Consolidation (Mental Impairment) Amendment Act 1995. 

As a Community Rehabilitation Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting clients with complex mental health needs, many of whom have been involved with the criminal justice system. In this role, you will provide support to consumers in the least restrictive environment possible through the provision of effective psychosocial support and rehabilitation activities in order to successfully enable the transition to community living and to support individual recovery.

Your primary responsibilities will include providing rehabilitation, support and guidance to clients, assisting them in developing essential life skills.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate, and emotionally intelligent individual who can maintain professional boundaries?

Do you have a passion for supporting others to make healthy choices and develop practical life skills like cooking, cleaning, gardening, and self-care?

Do you aim for 10,000 steps a day and love the idea of helping others build incidental exercise into their everyday routines?

Would you take pride in keeping a shared office space tidy and welcoming?

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! You might be the perfect fit to join our dynamic team as a Community Rehabilitation Worker.

In this role, you’ll bring excellent interpersonal and communication skills, along with strong English language proficiency. You’ll be confident in problem-solving, conflict resolution and negotiation - including having respectful, honest conversations when they’re tough.

You understand the difference between doing with and doing for and you see yourself as a lifelong learner. The ability to juggle multiple competing priorities, work in a complex and sometimes high-pressure environment and demonstrate resilience will be key to your success in this role.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

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

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.

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.

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)
• for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector 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 B (indirect 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: 908695

Enquiries:

Abby Boneham

Team Manager, Ashton House

Phone: (08) 7425 5222

E-mail: abby.boneham@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

25 July 2025 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 908695 - Community Rehabilitation Worker - Ashton House - OPS2 - role description.pdf

For more information about Mental Health vacancies at NALHN visit our Careers in Mental Health page.

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.