About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is now available to join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Rehabilitation Support Worker within the Modbury Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (MMHRU). This is your chance to contribute to meaningful recovery journeys while working in a supportive, innovative and person‑centred environment.
The Modbury Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit offers contemporary, evidence based, and high quality rehabilitation services. The multidisciplinary team play a key role in delivering person centred, trauma-informed care within a collaborative environment. The MMHRU delivers rehabilitation services that are compassionate, solution focused, promoting skill development, social inclusion, and supporting consumers to achieve their recovery goals. Staff work in close connection with both Wondakka (Community Rehabilitation Centre) and The Gully services, supporting mental health rehabilitation service innovation and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and co-design.
As a Rehabilitation Support Worker, you will be an important part of this multidisciplinary team, supporting voluntary consumers during their inpatient stay. You will help deliver a diverse range of recovery‑focused rehabilitation activities, therapeutic programs and educational supports for consumers, their families and carers. Through these interactions, you will play a key role in helping individuals build confidence, develop practical life skills and progress toward their personal recovery goals.
Working alongside clinical staff, you will provide non‑clinical psychosocial support designed to help consumers transition safely back into the community. The unit’s rehabilitation programs are tailored to each person's needs and aspirations, ensuring that care remains compassionate, empowering and grounded in individual choice and autonomy.
The MMHRU also collaborates with inpatient units, community mental health services, non‑government organisations and broader support networks, giving you the opportunity to contribute to truly integrated and holistic mental health care.
About You:
In this role you will demonstrate empathy, patience and initiative in every interaction. Your strong time‑management skills and resourcefulness allow you to work efficiently in a dynamic environment.
One of your strengths should be the ability to communicate clearly and confidently, enabling you to connect effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds. You work well independently while also contributing positively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
You will bring an understanding of psychiatric disability, the principles of recovery and the role of psychosocial support in helping consumers achieve their goals. You value collaboration with community service providers and take pride in supporting consumers to build independence and move forward in their recovery journey.
Apply now and join a passionate, forward‑thinking team where your work will make a genuine difference, helping to shape brighter futures within mental health rehabilitation.
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 you 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: 933444
Enquiries:
Gemma Ferraretto
Principal Occupational Therapist
Phone: (08) 7485 4300
E-mail: gemma.ferraretto@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
10 April 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
933444 - Rehabilitation Support Worker - 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.
