- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – Modbury
- Salary: $30.01 - $32.28 per hour + 25% leave loading plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – OPS2
- Casual, up to 2 February 2027
About the Role:
Join our Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit as a Rehabilitation Support Worker, supporting individuals, and their families, in their recovery and accomplishment of individual goals.
In this role, you will provide direct support to consumers experiencing mental health challenges, helping them develop skills for independent living and community participation. Our collaborative team environment focuses on person-centred care and recovery-oriented practice.
Major responsibilities include:
- providing practical support with daily living activities and skill development
- assisting with group programs and therapeutic activities
- supporting consumers in accessing community resources and services
- contributing to care planning and documentation
- working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
The Modbury Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (MMHRU) offers contemporary, evidence based, and high-quality rehabilitation services through a multidisciplinary team committed to person-centred, trauma-informed care. Our collaborative environment focuses on compassionate, solution-focused approaches that promote skill development, social inclusion, and empower consumers to achieve their recovery goals. You'll work closely with Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre and The Gully services, contributing to mental health rehabilitation innovation while fostering continuous improvement and co-design practices.
Consumers at the MMHRU are voluntary and their rehabilitation program is developed based on their individual goals and needs.
The purpose of this position is to 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.
About You:
To succeed in this position, you’ll bring strong communication and interpersonal abilities that help you build genuine, positive relationships with our consumers. You’ll be confident managing your time and resources efficiently, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary team.
We’re looking for someone who shows initiative, responds well to guidance, and adapts to the needs of a dynamic work environment. Experience supporting individuals with mental health conditions is essential, along with the flexibility to work casual hours.
Join our team where your contribution matters, and help shape the future of mental health care. This casual position provides variety, professional growth, and the satisfaction of supporting recovery-focused outcomes.
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.
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.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) 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 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: 927298
Enquiries:
Gemma Ferraretto
Principal Occupational Therapist
Phone: (08) 7485 4300
E-mail: gemma.ferraretto@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
22 January 2027 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
927298 - Rehabilitation Support Worker Casual Pool - Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit - 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.
