Senior Child Safety Support Officer

Queensland Government; Beaudesert; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government in Beaudesert seeks a Senior Child Safety Officer to deliver high-quality, culturally appropriate child protection services to children, families and carers served by the CSSC. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, support colleagues, manage casework, maintain records, and contribute to local initiatives and operational priorities as directed by the Manager.

The role emphasises strengths-based practice, continual learning, and collaboration with government and

Responsibilities

• Engage with children, families, carers and service providers to support case plan goals.
• Provide individualized, culturally appropriate supports under tertiary child protection.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including extended family and community, to strengthen safety networks.
• Deliver high-quality casework advice to inform safety and protective decisions.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide family support services.
• Contribute to continual learning, training and evidence-based practice.
• Prepare and maintain quality case records in line with departmental requirements.
• Provide project and administrative support to CSSC and local initiatives.

Job description

In this role you will work within a multidisciplinary team and provide high quality, culturally appropriate, child protection services to children, families and carers serviced by the Child Safety Service Centre. You will also support colleagues and management in the delivery of statutory child protection services within a strengths-based, safety-oriented framework for practice.

Your Responsibilities

As a Senior Child Safety Officer you will:

• Effectively and positively engage with children, families, carers and service providers (including both government and non-government agencies) as required to support children and parents to meet their identified case plan goals.
• Provide individualised, high quality, and culturally appropriate supports to children and families subject to tertiary child protection intervention including, but not limited to; facilitation of positive family connection, referrals and advocacy for services, parent coaching and support of transition from care plans.
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders, children and parents to support the establishment and strengthening of effective safety and support networks, including connection to extended family and community.
• Provide high quality, comprehensive casework support and advice to assist in informing decisions about the safety and protective needs of children where complex child protection concerns are present.
• Participate effectively as a team member in a multidisciplinary team to deliver well-planned family support services to vulnerable children and families.
• Actively contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development, to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based.
• Prepare and maintain quality case records in accordance with departmental case management requirements.
• Provide project and administrative support to individual teams and the Child Safety Service Centre (CSSC), contributing to the delivery of local initiatives, business improvement activities and operational priorities as arranged with the Manager.

Occupational group

Community Care