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Social Worker - Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre

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In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate,

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  • Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre – ELIZABETH EAST SA 5112
  • Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
  • Temporary Part-Time – 30 hours per week, up to 3 December 2027

About the Role

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Mental health recovery is built on connection, consistency, and skilled clinical support. As a Social Worker with the NALHN Mental Health Service at Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre in Salisbury, you'll work alongside a committed multidisciplinary team to support adults on their rehabilitation journey within one of South Australia's most progressive community-based mental health settings.

Your Role at Wondakka

This is a part-time, short-term contract position (ending 3 December 2027) embedded within the Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Service. You will contribute meaningfully to community-based recovery by delivering:

  • Comprehensive psychosocial assessments and care planning for adults with complex mental health needs
  • Therapeutic individual and group interventions aligned to recovery-oriented practice frameworks
  • Coordination with community services, housing supports, and family networks to reduce barriers to independent living
  • Active participation in multidisciplinary team reviews, case conferences, and clinical governance processes
What You'll Bring
  • Demonstrated experience in mental health settings, including psychosocial assessment and recovery planning
  • Sound understanding of the South Australian mental health legislative framework and the National Standards for Mental Health Services
  • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a rehabilitation-focused, community-based team
  • Strong communication skills and experience engaging with consumers, carers, and external service providers
  • Current driver's licence and willingness to work across NALHN sites as required

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.

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.”

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.

What We Offer

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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 career goals

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: 953462

Eliza Neander

Manager

Phone: (08) 8282 1840

E-mail: Eliza.Neander3@sa.gov.au

 

13 November 2026 – 11.55PM

Download File 953462 - Social Worker - AHP2 - Northern Mental Health - Role Description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.

 

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Where is the job
Adelaide Metro Northern
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About this job

Pay per year
$94,997–$110,052 a year
17% above the $87,500 median for Social Worker jobs on Jobera (511 salaries).
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Social Worker - Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre$94,997 - $110,052 p.a.