Social Worker AHP1/2 - Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service – Inpatient Rehab Wards, Modbury Hospital
• AHP1 Salary: $73,710 - $89,981 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits 
• AHP2 Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits 
• AHP1-Temporary Full-Time up to 31 March 2027
• AHP2-Temporary Part-Time – 22.5 hours per week, up to 23 July 2027  

About the role

Modbury Hospital is a key provider of care for people across northern Adelaide, and the Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service (NARS) provides Social Workers with the opportunity to develop their skills within a supportive, diverse and rewarding health environment.

We are seeking an AHP1 and an AHP2 Social Worker to join the NARS Inpatient Rehabilitation team at Modbury Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills and experience within an inpatient rehabilitation setting, working alongside experienced clinicians as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team. You will work with patients and their families as they navigate recovery, adjustment and transition back to their homes and communities.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Social Worker at the AHP1/2 level, you will:

• Complete psychosocial assessments and provide evidence-informed interventions to support patients throughout their rehabilitation journey.
• Support patients and families through periods of change, adjustment and complex decision-making.
• Work collaboratively with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team to identify goals, address barriers and support safe and effective discharge planning.
• Connect patients and families with appropriate community supports, including NDIS pathways, aged care and other health and social services.
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation in accordance with SA Health standards.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and positive outcomes for patients and the wider service.

What You'll Bring

• Experience working in a hospital, rehabilitation or other health-related setting.
• An understanding of psychosocial assessment, discharge planning and care coordination, with the capacity to further develop these skills within the role.
• Sound knowledge of South Australian community services, including NDIS and aged care systems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and contribute positively to shared patient outcomes.
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy clinical environment.
• A commitment to culturally safe, inclusive and person-centred practice.

To be eligible for this position, you must have an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification that provides eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

About You:

You will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships, problem solve, resolve conflict and negotiate with patients, families and colleagues. You will be comfortable engaging in difficult or complex conversations and supporting patients and families through challenging periods of change and decision-making.

The ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities, along with demonstrated resilience and adaptability within a busy and complex clinical environment, is essential to this role.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a passionate, dedicated and progressive team where you can contribute to meaningful outcomes for patients while continuing to develop your social work skills and clinical practice.

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. 

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.”

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

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.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

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 is 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, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s):

• 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.

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) 

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: 953305

Enquiries:

Uline Gautam

Senior Manager

Phone: 0481 46 6992

E-mail: Uline.Gautam@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

6 November 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 953305 - Social Worker - AHP1 - Aged Care Rehabilitation & Palliative Care - Role Description.pdf

 953305 - Social Worker - AHP2 - Aged Care Rehabilitation & Palliative Care - Role Description.pdf

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