• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child Protection Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, North Adelaide
• Salary - Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $ 104,180 to $ 111,746
• Employment Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 27 Feb 2026)

About the Opportunity:

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community-based tertiary mental health service provided through the WCHN across South Australia, providing care to those with severe and/or complex mental health needs. CAMHS provides services to infants / children / young people up to 18 (16 in some areas) for community, state-wide and hospital-based services / perinatal women.

Child Protection Services (CPS) is a specialist multi-disciplinary health service in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital that provides a range of comprehensive forensic and clinical psychosocial services to support children where there is a suspicion of child abuse and/or neglect; and treatment services to children and their families, where abuse and/or neglect has been confirmed.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Child Protection Services team as a Clinical Coordinator, where you will be responsible for:

• Provide strong leadership, guidance, and support to all CPS staff concerning operational service delivery systems, including Intake, allocation, referral prioritisation, and clinical service provision related to assessment and therapy work.
• Provide clinical supervision to some staff at CPS.
• Provide leadership, and direction in relation to the assessment portfolio at CPS. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with referring agencies in alignment with the Interagency Code of Practice and CPS practice standards.
• Manage and address inquiries related to Intake, allocation systems, and referrals in a timely and efficient manner. Oversee the coordination of work allocation for psychosocial staff and medical consultants.
• Facilitate staff debriefing sessions and manage critical incidents related to service delivery and clinical practice.
• Ensure clinical staff adhere to CPS Practice Standards and referral criteria while prioritizing their responsibilities.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

For Psychologists - Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

For Clinical Psychologist: Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia within an Endorsed Area of Practice: Clinical.

For Social Workers: Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

To be successful in this role,

• Demonstrated clinical experience in the field of child protection and child and adolescent mental health and demonstrated competence in a senior level of professional practice within the child protection and child mental health fields.
• Possess excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills, with a strong ability to resolve conflicts and liaise effectively.
•  Demonstrated experience working within multidisciplinary teams, applying specialist skills to identify and address complex problems, and producing high-quality clinical and other reports.
• Experience of leadership, team coordination, and the ability to manage and motivate staff.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities at multiple levels, as well as a deep commitment to child protection principles.

To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

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

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries:

Liz Matteo

Position: Clinical Services Manager, CPS

Phone: 81617346

E-mail: Elizabeth.Matteo@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 30/07/2025 – 11:55pm.

Useful Links

AHP3_ClinPsych_ClinicalCoordinator_RoleDescription_2.pdf

AHP3_ClinicalCoordinator_Social Work_RoleDescription.pdf