Job no: 953991
Work type: Casual
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092
- Salary: $37.67 - $45.99 per hour plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP1
- Salary: $48.56 - $56.25 per hour plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice perks – AHP2
- Casual up to 28 January 2028 (Multiple Positions)

About the Role:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking Social Workers to join the Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division casual pool. This rewarding opportunity offers the chance to make a lasting impact to the lives of those we serve while advancing your professional growth.

As a Social Worker in this vital role, you'll have the chance to positively influence the lives of individuals and their families during some of their most vulnerable moments. Your expertise and compassion will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive social work services, including assessment, counselling, advocacy, and support.
Working within the dynamic and supportive environment, you'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to deliver holistic care tailored to each patient's unique needs. Your ability to empathise, problem-solve, and communicate effectively will be invaluable in ensuring the highest quality of care.

What You'll Be Doing

- Providing high-quality, person-centred social work assessment and intervention across Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative care settings across NALHN.
- Supporting patients and families navigating complex psychosocial needs, discharge planning, and care transitions




- Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans that reflect each patient's goals and circumstances
- Contributing to a safe, inclusive ward environment through skilled advocacy and culturally responsive practice

What You'll Bring

- Demonstrated experience in an acute or health-related social work setting
- Strong skills in psychosocial assessment, risk identification, and discharge coordination
- The ability to work independently and prioritise competing demands in a busy hospital environment
- Understanding of the SA Health patient rights framework and relevant legislative requirements
- Understanding of relevant Aged Care Service and ability to support patients to access these
- Current or willingness to obtain a satisfactory criminal history check and immunisation compliance as required by NALHN

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:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple,



diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

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.

NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein 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:

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