Social Worker - ACRPC Casual Pool

• →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

• →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.

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.

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.

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

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: 953991

Josephine Healy

Clinical Manager

Phone: 0427 497 583

E-mail: josephine.healy@sa.gov.au

28 January 2028 – 11.55PM

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

Advertised: 23 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 28 Jan 2028 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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