Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville
Salary AHP-2 $88,255 - $102,240 p.a. (pro rata) + superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
Temporary from 13/1/2025 up to 11/7/2025 and part-time working 22.50 hours per week
About the role
Join our compassionate inter-disciplinary palliative care team as a Social Worker, where your expertise will play a vital role in supporting patients with complex psychosocial needs and their families during challenging times. In this position, you will provide counselling and bereavement support, ensuring that each patient receives holistic care tailored to their unique circumstances. Your contributions will extend beyond direct support, as you help plan, implement, evaluate, and review a comprehensive range of services designed to meet the psychosocial needs of our community.
In addition to your direct patient work, you'll respond to organisational requests for specialist palliative care psychosocial advice and provide professional consultancy to management and staff. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to collaborate with dedicated professionals, influencing the quality of care we provide. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of those facing life-limiting conditions and their families, we’d love to hear from you!
About You:
Qualifications: You hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification, making you eligible for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Skills & Abilities: You are a highly effective communicator (verbal and written), adaptable to change, skilled in counselling and psycho-social assessments, and capable of working in interdisciplinary settings.
Experience: You bring significant experience in health settings, including providing counselling, making complex clinical decisions, and collaborating with diverse professionals and communities.
Knowledge: You possess a deep understanding of social work theories, psycho-social intervention strategies, grief theory, and culturally sensitive practices, including the health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About CALHN
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.
We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.
Benefit of Joining CALHN
At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:
Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
Flexible Work Arrangements: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.
Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.
Application Information:
Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.
Job ref: 886999
Enquiries to:
Elizabeth Wright, Psychosocial Lead, Palliative Care
Phone: 8222 6825
E-mail: Elizabeth.Wright@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
11:55 pm Friday 13 December 2024
Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information
886999 RD Social Worker, Central Adelaide Palliative Care Service.pdf
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