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Transform Young Lives - Senior Clinical Role in Out of Home Care | SA Health

Join SA Health's specialised Out of Home Care team at Flinders Medical Centre as a Senior Allied Health Professional, where you'll provide expert clinical assessment and trauma-informed interventions for vulnerable children and families. This full-time, ongoing position offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference in young lives while working alongside leading healthcare professionals in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment. With SA Health's comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and commitment to work-life balance, you'll have the stability and resources needed to excel in this meaningful clinical role.

About the role: 

Reporting to the director, this role is responsible for providing a tertiary clinical assessment service to infants, children, adolescents and their family where child abuse and neglect is identified by the Department for Child Protection and/or South Australian Police. This involves the use of individual and family assessment techniques, and formal psychological assessment techniques (including standardised tests)

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing a clinical service for infants, children and families referred to the Child Safety and Wellbeing Health Service (CSWHS) and the Out of Home Care (OOHC) clinic, which assist in the assessment and treatment of children under the Guardianship of the Chief Executive of the Department for Child Protection,
• Providing assessment and specialist therapy for infants, children and their carers
• Constructing high quality comprehensive written reports for completed assessments for the Department of Child Protection,
• Participating in decision making about children’s welfare and protection through attendance at case conferences and through liaison with other appropriate professionals,
• Supervising tertiary students on work experience placement at the CSWHS by providing training to enhance their practice, performance and professional development and the university requirements of their placement.

About you:

• For appointment as a Social Worker an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers,
• For appointment as a Psychologist an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia,
• For appointment as a Clinical Psychologist an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia within an Endorsed Areas of Practice (Clinical),
• Demonstrated ability to independently carry out assessments and therapeutic interventions of a complex nature with infants, children, adolescents and their families, using a wide range of best-practice models and approaches,
• Demonstrated ability to work with vulnerable and complex families,
• Demonstrated high level skills in communication and managing interpersonal relationships,
• Demonstrated psychological ability to work in a difficult and emotionally demanding area of professional practice.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Loretta Whiehorn, Director, 0403 071 601, Loretta.Whitehorn@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Monday 25 August 2025

Attachments:

• 911384 AHP2 Social Worker- Role Description
• 911384- AHP2 Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 911384