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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Sub-Acute & Allied Health, North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary – AHP3 ($112,139 - $120,284) + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full time / Part time, Ongoing role

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

Prevent non-medical admissions and deliver psychosocial and crisis support to children, young people, and families at WCH. Provide care in PED and beyond, and drive service improvements within multidisciplinary and interagency teams.

Key duties of the role

• Collaborate and engage with external providers to prevent non-medical admission where possible
• Work in collaboration with key stakeholders in the PED service to develop, implement and support service delivery for consumers presenting to the PED on a regular basis
• Use high-level professional knowledge and skill to manage referrals, provide social work assessments, make interpretations of assessment findings, and formulate and implement social work intervention plans in collaboration with patients, carers and relevant other clinicians.
• Provide advice to the Social Work Manager on professional service development, practice and redesign, in response to clinical demand and client needs.
• Liaise closely with families, staff of other disciplines and relevant community agencies to provide an integrated approach to client management.

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Demonstrated ability to independently apply a high level of professional judgement relevant to the clinical specialty.
• Advanced ability to implement patient centred and evidence-based practice
• Substantial and recent experience in an area of social work clinical specialty to enable input at a senior clinician level.
• Experience in supporting consumers and their families within paediatric clinical environment
• Willingness to work hours including evenings, public holidays and weekends

Enquiries can be directed to

Sarah Humphries

WCH Social Work Manager

8161 7381

Sarah.Humphries2@sa.gov.au

Or 

Miriam Strybos 

WCH Social Work Clinical Team Leader

81617381 

Miriam.Strybos2@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• AHP3 - Social Worker - Role description - 937463.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

If you would like further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

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The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Monday 20 July 2026 at 11:55PM