Job Description
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Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Child Protection Service
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Salary $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP3| Full-Time Position Until February ****
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Lead, Mentor & Deliver – Senior Clinical Role at SALHN!
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This is a senior allied health prospect based at Flinders Medical Centre within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, offered as a full-time fixed-term contract. As an AHP3 Senior Clinical Practitioner, you will manage a complex clinical caseload, mentor junior staff, and contribute to service improvement within a leading tertiary hospital environment. If you bring senior-level allied health expertise and a commitment to high-quality, person-centred care, this role offers both professional depth and genuine community impact in the southern Adelaide metro region.
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About the role:
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Reporting to the Director, the senior clinical practitioner works as a specialist member of the multidisciplinary team, providing a direct clinical service which includes assessments of infants, children and young people and their families' following allegations of abuse and neglect
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Duties for the role will include:
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Providing a specialist clinical service which includes parenting, forensic and/or therapeutic assessment of children and their parents where allegations of abuse and neglect have been raised,
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Constructing high-quality comprehensive written reports for completed assessments for the Department of Child Protection and South Australian Police,
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Offering other assessment and therapeutic services where appropriate,
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Liaising with Emergency Department, Paediatric and Neonatal services in a hospital setting,
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Providing clinical supervision and quality assurance in relation to APH2 staff assessments, report writing and therapeutic interventions,
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Providing information to the management team about evidence based clinical interventions,
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Assist in evaluating service effectiveness through monitoring, analysing and overviewing current systems, with responsibility for a specific clinical portfolio,
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Observing and promoting CPS administrative and clinical protocols and work instructions
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About you:
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For an appointment as a Social Worker an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers,
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For appointment as a psychologist an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia,
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For appointment as a Clinical Psychologist an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia within an Endorsed Areas of Practice,
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Demonstrated ability to independently carry out assessments and therapeutic interventions of a complex nature with vulnerable infants, children, adolescents and their families, using a wide range of best-practice models and approaches
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Experience in working with infants, children and young people and their families following child abuse and neglect,
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Demonstrated clinical experience in child protection assessments and other therapeutic interventions, including evidential/forensic interviewing (3–7-year-olds); assessments of high risk/vulnerable infants (0-24months); attachment relationship assessments and therapeutic interventions particularly with young children (0-5years)
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Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
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Application Closing Date:
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***** pm Sunday 20 September ****
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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.
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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.
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Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: ******
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📌 Ahp3 Senior Clinical Practitioner (South Australia)
🏢 SA Health, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
📍 South Australia