Social Worker - Northern Mental Health - Casual Pool

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health Service – Salisbury 
• Salary, plus 25% loading plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits:
  • $37.68 - $45.99 per hour – AHP1 
  • $48.56 - $56.25 per hour – AHP2 
• Casual, up to 5 April 2027 

As a Social Worker within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) Mental Health Services, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to consumers accessing community-based mental health services. You will provide comprehensive assessment, intervention and care coordination to support recovery and optimise health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, their families and carers.

At the AHP1 classification you will develop your clinical practice and professional capabilities while working under direct clinical supervision. You will:

• Deliver social work services within a mental health context, including assessment, care planning, intervention and discharge planning
• Apply developing knowledge and skills to support consumers with a range of mental health presentations
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary mental health teams to provide coordinated care
• Manage a caseload and respond to routine and some non-routine clinical situations with support
• Participate in professional development, quality improvement activities and service improvement initiatives

At the AHP2 classification, you will apply your clinical experience with greater autonomy to deliver high-quality, evidence-based social work services. 

You will:

• Provide comprehensive assessments and interventions for consumers with more complex mental health needs
• Manage a caseload with reduced supervision, including non-routine and complex clinical presentations
• Demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and professional judgement in a mental health setting
• Support and guide less experienced staff, students and allied health assistants
• Contribute to multidisciplinary care planning, service development and quality improvement initiatives within mental health services

You are a compassionate and motivated Social Worker with a strong interest in mental health, committed to supporting consumers, families and carers through recovery-oriented practice.

You will bring:

• A recognised Social Work qualification with eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
• Demonstrated ability to undertake comprehensive psychosocial assessments and deliver evidence-based interventions within a mental health setting
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with consumers, carers, multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders
• The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary mental health team and contribute to coordinated, consumer-centred care
• Effective time management and organisational skills, with the capacity to manage a clinical caseload in a dynamic service environment
• A commitment to continuous learning, professional development and quality improvement

In addition:

• AHP1 applicants will demonstrate emerging clinical capability and a willingness to learn and grow within a supported mental health environment
• AHP2 applicants will demonstrate more developed clinical experience, sound professional judgement, and the ability to manage more complex presentations with increasing autonomy while supporting others in the team

You will thrive in a fast-paced mental health service, where flexibility, resilience and a commitment to improving consumer outcomes are essential.

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 vulnerable person-related employment 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: 939555

Mangaljit Johal

Acting Principal Social Worker

Phone: (08) 7485 4300

E-mail:  mangaljit.johal@sa.gov.au

12 June 2026 – 11.55PM 

Advertised: 05 Jun 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 05 Apr 2027 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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