- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Community Mental Health – Acute 7-day team - Salisbury
- Salary: $91,785 - $106,330 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits
- AHP2 –Ongoing Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week, Multiple Positions
Are you passionate about supporting people in their mental health journey? Join Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) and become part of a team that values collaboration, innovation, and excellence in care.
About the Role:
As a Social Worker (AHP2) in our Community Mental Health Service, you’ll play a vital role in improving health outcomes for consumers and their families. This is your opportunity to work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment where your expertise truly matters.
Working within our community mental health team, you will provide comprehensive assessment, intervention, and support services to adults with mental health conditions. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver person-centred care that promotes recovery and wellbeing in community settings.
To ensure we can meet the needs of our community, you will be rostered for shifts across a seven day roster.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments
- Developing and implementing treatment plans with clients and families
- Providing crisis intervention and risk assessment
- Facilitating group therapy and psychoeducational programs
- Liaising with community services and support networks
To be eligible for this position, you must hold a degree in Social Work with eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
About You:
You are a dedicated Social Worker with strong skills in mental health assessment, intervention, care planning and working within interdisciplinary teams, both internal and external agencies including NGOs and other government services.
Your experience in mental health services, particularly within a community setting, will be key to your success in this role.
You will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture and presents an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
Ready to advance your social work career while making a real impact? Apply now to join SA Health's Northern Community Mental Health team.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
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.
Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.
Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”
“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”
“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
Lyell McEwin Hospital – The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
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.
You will have access to professional development opportunities during work hours, plus ability to apply for the Allied Health Professionals + Professional Development Reimbursement Program (AHP+PDR) for financial reimbursement of professional development activity up to a capped amount per financial year.
Incremental wage increases in-line with the incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025
Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.
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.
In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Social Worker in NALHN include:
- professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and staff are also eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
- opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
- regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals
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.
Checks:
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct 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: 921391
Enquiries:
Mangaljit Johal
A/Principal Social Worker
Phone: (08) 7485 4300
E-mail: Mangaljit.Johal@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
19 December 2025 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
921391 - AHP2 - Social Worker - Community - Role Description.pdf
For more information about Mental Health Allied Health at NALHN visit our Mental Health Allied Health page.
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
