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Join our Social Worker Team!!

SA Health is seeking a dedicated AHP3 Social Worker to join our Geriatric Outreach Service (GOS) at the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. This part-time, short-term contract position runs until 18 October 2026 and offers an excellent opportunity working within a multi-disciplinary team to support older adults who are living in residential aged care. 

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager the Senior Social Worker is responsible for the coordination and provision of leadership in the designated service. Responsible for a caseload involving more complex assessments, provide clinical support to members of the team, and contribute clinical expertise to achieve optimal patient/client/service outcomes.

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing high level evidenced-based psycho-social work assessment, diagnosis and appropriate interventions for patients with complex and chronic health issues, using well-developed therapeutic social work skills. 
• Providing expert opinion, consultancy and education services to relevant staff supporting patients with complex social work issues to maximise self-management strategies.
• Working within an interdisciplinary team-based model of care, liaising with other health professionals to ensure patient assessment and treatment is coordinated and appropriate. 
• Ensuring documentation and auditing practices are consistent with service policy and practice. 

About you:

• Demonstrated well developed interpersonal skills that foster trust, respect, confidence and cooperation with colleagues, patients, families, multi-disciplinary team members and senior staff.
• Utilise high level communication skills to effectively work with, and resolve issues and conflict with, people with diverse value systems, cultural differences and special needs, including clients, multi-disciplinary health professionals, other organisations and providers, and the community.
• Apply a high level of professional accountability, integrity, ethical standards and decision making, and to be self-aware and positive when faced with difficult clinical and interpersonal situations.
• Demonstrated computer skills, including email, word processing and use of client databases.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Emma Phillips, Director of Social Work, 0478 282 786, Emma.Phillips@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Thursday 9th of April 2026

Attachments:

• AHP3 Social Worker 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: 934067