Placement Support Officer

The opportunity 

As a Placement Support Officer, you’ll provide essential operational and general support to the Social Work team, helping patients transition from hospital care into the most appropriate residential aged care or community placement options. Your work directly contributes to safe, timely and person‑centred discharge outcomes, ensuring every patient’s next step is coordinated with care and professionalism.

You’ll work under the direction of the Social Work Lead in this part-time (0.8 FTE) role, within Transition Care Services (TCS) located in Adelaide’s CBD and Walkerville.

You will:

• Identify, coordinate and facilitate residential aged care and community placement options for patients preparing to leave the transition care service.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with aged care providers to support smooth placement pathways.
• Contribute to safe, timely discharge out...