Closes: 23 October 2026

Classification: Health Professional Level 1/2 Salary: $80,861 - $108,691 plus superannuation

Position No: LP6930 - 02S18

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 October 2026

Contact Officer: Karen Dell on [email protected] or (02) 5103 6314

What can we offer you:

- A work environment that supports you to make the most of living in Canberra - the 2025 Oxford Economics best city in the world for quality of life.
- We are renowned for strong community connections and have excellent working relationships with Canberra’s tertiary institutions, government and non-government agencies.
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Canberra’s person centred, innovative, high performing public health system including access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave.
- Recognition of your experience and service with portability of leave balances to and from Commonwealth, State and Territory government departments across Australia (as per the relevant EAs)
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions

About the role:

- Make a unique contribution to the hospital system by providing services to meet the multidimensional needs of patients and their families/ cares including clinical assessments, patient education, therapeutic interventions, advocacy and service coordination.
- Respond to presentations involving family violence, homelessness, child protection, mental health, bereavement, socio legal issues and ethical decision making, carer stress, trauma and cultural complexity.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, timely, and compassionate care.
- Contribute to student supervision, service improvement, and quality initiatives.
- Develop culturally responsive and inclusive interventions.

For more information regarding the position duties click here: Health Professional Level 1: Position Description.

Health Professional Level 2:Position Description.

ABOUT YOU





You're a new graduate looking for the right place to start your career or an early career passionate and proactive clinician who thrives in team-oriented settings and is committed to continuous learning and service excellence.

You’ll bring:

Mandatory

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in social work and a minimum of 1 year experience working professionally in Social Work for HP2. (NO experience required for HP1 applicants).
- Professional membership or eligibility for professional membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- The successful applicant will need to be available for irregular after-hours work and will be required to work shutdown.
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

Highly Desirable

- Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment,



Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services

📌 Social Worker Health Professional Level 1/2 | Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency (Canberra)
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