- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Opportunities at Gawler Health Service, Mount Barker District Soldier's Memorial Hospital & Southern Fleurieu Health Service
- Salary: AHP3 $104,180 - $111,746 p.a + superannuation + leave loading + salary sacrifice benefits
- Permanent Full-time positions available
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
This is a unique opportunity to join our Emergency Services Team at the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Network! In the role of Senior Social Worker in our Emergency Service, you will be part of the Emergency Leadership Team, working with dedicated health care staff in the pursuit of providing exceptional services within our community. In this role you will play a critical role in ensuring that your expertise is used to support any early intervention strategies through the initial assessment, review and screening of presenting patients, including working closely with the Emergency Team to determine suitable therapy options to encourage and support the early and safe discharge of patients to their homes.
In this leadership role, you will provide mentoring, teaching and clinical development of other Allied Health Professionals, ensuring the development of the multi-disciplinary team across the emergency service. Your role will be pivotal in providing key inputs into the ongoing design and development of best practice standards in emergency care, and whilst doing so you will ensure that the department continues to strive for excellence in care, first time, very time.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
See our map below under Attachments for more information about our Network and location.
WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?
At BHFLHN our values underpin everything we do and the way we behave every day. We also look for people who align to our values and we believe that our passion must be yours to be a success, our values are Trust, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Kindness
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Are you passionate about leading best practice in your speciality of Social Work whilst guiding a team of likeminded colleagues within emergency services?
- Are you keen to use your high level leadership skills to lead a dedicated team focussed on ensuring we have patient centred systems and processes in place to provide the best possible care to all consumers using the emergency services?
- Are you a leader and driver of early intervention practices to ensure your patients can return to home safety and as quickly as possible?
- Do you consider yourself a change agent focussed on ensuring we meet best practice requirements for consumers, every time?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions – then read on….
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Gawler offers a unique blend of historic charm and modern living, set in scenic countryside just 45 minutes from Adelaide - a great place to live, work and be part of a welcoming community. For more information on Gawler click here.
Mount Barker offers both easy access to the north, south or east of our city. Click here to see what is on offer, and to also learn more about our new hospital that is currently under construction.
Alternatively if you prefer the beaches and the southern vales then the South Coast may interest you more. Our South Coast location provides you with a community feel but with urban comforts. Check out what there is to do in your spare time here.
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
- Your will have the ability to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills and have an innate ability to communicate with care with your team, consumers and their families
- You will balance the requirements of best practice clinical governance whilst maintaining a focus and balancing consumer needs and wants
- Your will have the ability to demonstrate kindness and empathy in all your interactions with teammates and consumers and their families
- You would have formed a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, particularly supporting Aboriginal consumers, their family and kin
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- 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 Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to be immunised. You can refer to the SA Health Immunisation Policy here. Further information is in the application for to help guide you.
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
- You must hold appropriate qualifications and be eligible for registration with AHPRA and/or be eligible for registration via an approved Association – specific qualifications for each role is detailed in the position information linked below.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
At Barossa Hills Fleurieu we offer you financial support to relocate if you need to move. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (Job ref: 910330), or reach out to Elsbeth Lions, Business Support Manager on phone: 0466567801 or via E-mail: Elsbeth.Lions@sa.gov.au
Besides speaking to our contact officer, more information is offered via our Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also refer to our Australian applicant guideline or if you are an international candidate refer her to our International applicant guidelines.
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on 3 September 2025 at 11.55PM
Want to know all the details about this role and the requirements, please click here: 910330 AHP3 Clinical Senior Social Work - Role Description.pdf
Applicant Information - BHFLHN Sites in SA.pdf
