AHP2 Social Worker - Mental Health Inpatient Services

MedicalJobsAustralia.com AHP2 Social Worker - Mental Health Inpatient Services

Job no: 951878

Work type: Full time

Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112

Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP2

Temporary Full-Time - up to 20 July 2027

About the Role:

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Social Worker to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

Mental health social work in an inpatient setting demands both clinical rigour and genuine human connection. At the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you'll bring both to a team that takes seriously its responsibility to some of Adelaide's most vulnerable community members.

Your Role at Mental Health Inpatient Services

Based at the Lyell McEwin Hospital within NALHN Mental Health Services, this full-time contract position (through to 20 July 2027) sits at the intersection of acute clinical care and community-facing practice. You will:

Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments for adult inpatients presenting with complex mental health needs

Develop and coordinate discharge plans that connect consumers with community supports, housing, and ongoing care pathways

Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary team members including psychiatrists, nursing staff, occupational therapists, and peer workers

Provide direct support and education to consumers and their families or carers throughout the inpatient episode

What You Bring

Demonstrated experience in mental health settings, ideally inpatient or acute care

Sound knowledge of the South Australian mental health legislative framework, including the Mental Health Act 2009

Proven ability to undertake risk assessment and safety planning with consumers experiencing acute psychiatric episodes

Strong skills in coordinating care across health and community service systems within the SA context

Capacity to work independently while contributing meaningfully to a multidisciplinary team

To be eligible for this position, you must have an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

About You:

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

"My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care."

"I feel like I'm part of a growing and developing service."

"I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support."

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide's north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital-the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital-a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services-adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services-provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services-including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Social Worker in NALHN include:

professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations

opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research

regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your car

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