Social Worker
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 21 October 2025
Classification: Health Professional Level 3
Salary: $109,543 - $117,878 (up to $123,772 on achieving a personal upgrade) plus superannuation
Position No: 603732 - 02OEI
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 October 2025
Contact Officer: Sarah Toohey on
Sarah.Toohey@act.gov.au
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)
About the Role:
Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including peoples’ homes.
These services include:
- Adult Community & Older Persons Mental Health Services
- Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMHS)
- Alcohol & Drug Services (ADS)
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Justice Health Services (JHS)
The successful applicant of the HP3 Social Work position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessments and delivering individual and group based social work interventions to people. The successful applicant will also be required to undertake professional development and clinical supervision, participate in quality improvement initiatives, and contribute to multidisciplinary team processes. It is an expectation that the successful applicant will provide supervision to staff at the Health Professional 1 and 2 levels, as well as to students and clinically related staff (such as Allied Health Assistants).
The position will report operationally and clinically to the Allied Health Manager and Allied Health Clinical Lead of NCH Mental Health Services. Professional governance of this position will come from the Discipline Principal Social Work (MHJHADs).
This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday within the Allied Health team and will provide services to the Acacia and Banksia and to any mental health surge wards that open at North Canberra Hospital.
The Allied Health team is made up of diverse group of allied health professions that work together to support the recovery goals of consumers admitted to any of the Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services