Clinical Senior Social Worker Mental Health

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network Berri
• AHP3 Full Time Contract Temporary (up to 22 October 2027)
• Salary: $108347 - $116216 p.a
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Clinical Senior Social Worker Join Our Expert Mental Health Team in RMCLHN

Advance your career as a Clinical Senior Social Worker and make a tangible impact on mental health services across the Riverland Mallee and Coorong region. This leadership role offers the opportunity to provide expert clinical care mentorship and strategic guidance within a multidisciplinary mental health team.

About the Role:

The Clinical Senior Social Worker (CS SW) is an experienced and highly competent clinician who applies expertise in delivering social work services within a multidisciplinary context across the Local Health Network (LHN) Mental Health (MH) Service. The role contributes to improving quality safe and community-driven mental health services and provides clinical and consultancy support that enhances recovery outcomes for consumers in rural and remote areas of South Australia.

As a clinical leader mentor and supervisor the CS SW provides profession-specific guidance to MH social work professionals and students upholding clinical standards and promoting best practice. The role also includes managing a portfolio that drives service improvements professional development and enhanced expertise within the social work discipline.

The CS SW represents local teams regions and the LHN MH Service on committees and workgroups contributing to and managing relevant projects. This position allocates approximately 70% to local clinical and leadership duties and 30% to social work leadership portfolio management and supervision responsibilities.

This is your opportunity to lead and shape high-quality community-focused mental health services while mentoring and supporting the next generation of social work professionals!

What Were Looking For:

• Must hold a recognised qualification within the Social Work profession and be eligible for practicing membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). As a self-regulated profession it is desirable to participate in the AASW Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accreditation Program.
• Post graduate qualifications in social work psychotherapy mental health public sector management would be desirable.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network called RMCLHN for short supports more than 70000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark Paringa Berri Barmera Waikerie Loxton Pinnaroo Lameroo Karoonda Mannum Murray Bridge Tailem Bend Meningie Tintinara and Coonalpyn.Click herefor more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work personal life and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefitswatch a shortvideoabout what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support where information available fromSA Health Careers - Relocation support.
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Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

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: 916325

Enquiries

Deb Petch
Personal Assistant
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Application Closing Date

Tuesday 14th October 2025 - 11.55 PM

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