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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Various location
• Salary – AHP1 - Allied Health Professional L1, $73,710 to $89,981 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Multiple Positions Available, Temporary – 12 Month Contracts

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

The CAMHS Clinician – Social Worker accepts accountability for the outcomes of clinical practice for children, adolescents and their families with mental health issues and for addressing inconsistencies between practice and policy. The CAMHS Clinician – Social Worker is operationally accountable to the Team Manager through the Clinical Services Coordinator, and professionally to the Senior Social Worker, for delivering specialist child and adolescent mental health care to consumers with complex needs.

Key duties of the role

• Provide a Therapeutic/Clinical Assessment and Intervention Service to a client base consisting of children, adolescents and their families
• Participating in the identification of mental health needs in the community and in the planning, execution and evaluation of programs to meet those needs
• Maintaining statistical information of activities for planning research, service delivery and service development
• Contributing as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to the development of policy and procedures at staff meetings and in other specified venues
• Participating in approved professional development activities

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate degree/equivalent qualification eligible for registration as an Occupational Therapist with AHPRA.
• Eligible for current registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• Demonstrated experience in complex clinical assessment and intervention with children, adolescents and families.
• Experience developing, implementing and evaluating preventative and/or therapeutic programs.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams, with knowledge of developmental theory, assessment/intervention models and child/adolescent mental health.

Enquiries can be directed to

Katrina Waechter

Service Manager

71177500

katrina.waechter@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:

• AHP1 - Occupational Therapist - CAMHS - Role Description - 946531.pdf
• AHP1 - Social Worker - CAMHS - Role Description - 946531.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.

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: Tuesday 15 September 2026 11:55PM