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Are you a Social Worker looking to make a difference in Southern Adelaide's local community? 

Embedded within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN), you will work alongside multidisciplinary teams to provide high-quality social work services across Women and Children's inpatient and outpatient settings.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Discipline Lead Social Worker (Women & Children), this roles responsibilities include assessment, consultation, intervention and review, education, liaison with community agencies, organisation of appropriate resources and management of discharge.

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide high quality, safe social worker care to allocated patients, engaging patients and their families or carers actively in care planning and goal setting to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Ensure active participation of patients and their families/ carers in their assessment and early discharge planning
• Apply current evidence-based knowledge and skills to provide individualised or group-based care, to referred women, babies and children and their families. Care will involve comprehensive social work assessment and development of management and therapy plans and ultimately discharge planning.
• Providing social worker advice and expertise to educational programs within Women’s and Children’s Division.
• Supporting and supervising AHA staff and students allocated to the work area to ensure high quality, safe and timely service delivery.
• Engaging in continuing education and self-development through active participation in professional development courses, in-service education programs, professional meetings and clinical supervision.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and review of clinical policies, procedures, and guidelines relevant to care of women and children as directed by Discipline Lead Social Worker and AH Manager.
• Actively participate in team activities and contribute to building a positive team culture aligned with the Women’s & Children’s Allied Health Team Charter, SALHN vision, and strategic plan.

About you:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to adapt to fluctuating workloads.
• High level interpersonal skills, including conflict resolutions skills and the ability to communicate with patients, professional staff of different disciplines, administrative staff and staff of other agencies both orally and in writing.
• Ability to exercise initiative, analyse complex problems and implement practical solutions.
• Ability to articulate a Social Work perspective on client and systems issues.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

The attached role description is currently under review and may be adjusted prior to appointment. All applicants will be provided with the finalised role description.

Want To Know More? Contact: Emma Dunning, A/Allied Health Manager WCD, 0422759191, Emma.Dunning@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 27th September 2026

Attachments:

• DRAFT AHP1 Social Worker (Women and Children) 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: 950057