- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Adelaide Metro – Southern (Glenside)
- Salary: AHP3 - $108,347 p.a. - $116,216 p.a. - adjusted to actual hours worked
- Part-time, (0.1 FTE / 7.5 hours per fortnight) Ongoing opportunity
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Clinical Senior Narrative Therapist (registered/recognised qualifications in either Social Work, Psychology or Occupational Therapy) to deliver specialist, recovery-focused mental health care to consumers across rural and remote South Australia. Working as an independent practitioner, you will provide assessment and short-term therapeutic interventions via videoconference, while also contributing to clinical leadership, supervision and workforce development across multidisciplinary teams.
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing Narrative Therapy practice by delivering education and training, supporting clinicians to build capability, and contributing to service development and high standards of care through strong collaboration with psychiatrists, mental health teams and key stakeholders.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Are you committed to improving mental health outcomes for people in rural and remote communities through accessible, innovative service delivery such as telehealth?
- Are you passionate about Narrative Therapy and recovery-oriented practice, with a drive to apply and advance specialist therapeutic approaches for complex presentations?
- Are you motivated to lead, mentor and build capability in others, supporting clinicians to develop skills and confidence in Narrative Therapy frameworks?
- Are you committed to continuous learning, reflective practice and contributing to research, service evaluation and ongoing improvement of mental health services?
- Do you thrive on working autonomously while fostering strong, collaborative relationships with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to deliver integrated, person-centred care?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
You will……….
- Deliver a high-quality specialist Narrative Therapy service to consumers with complex mental health needs across rural and remote South Australia, primarily via telehealth, including assessment, intervention and consultancy.
- Operate with a high level of professional autonomy as a senior clinician, providing expert clinical leadership, reflective practice and guidance on complex cases and therapeutic approaches.
- Lead and support workforce development by providing supervision, education and training to multidisciplinary clinicians, and building capability in Narrative Therapy across regional mental health services.
- Contribute to service development, planning and quality improvement through research, evaluation, development of clinical protocols and advising on best practice and service redesign.
- Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with mental health teams, psychiatrists, primary care providers and other stakeholders to ensure integrated, recovery-oriented and culturally safe care.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 935460), or reach out to Claire Hyland, Advanced Clinical Lead, Social Work on Phone: 7425 6104 or via E-mail: claire.hyland@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on 25 May 2026 at 11.55 PM.
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
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