Senior Guardian

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

Job summary

Queensland Government, Office of the Public Guardian, Brisbane, seeks a Senior Guardian to conduct structured personal and health care decision making and advocacy for adults with impaired capacity, ensuring rights, views and preferences guide all decisions on guardianship and health care.

In this role you will work within the Office of the Public Guardian to uphold rights, participate in health care decisions (including weekends/public holidays), and maintain thorough records and reports as

Qualifications

• Structured decision making adhering to organisational policies, practice directions and organisational and legislative frameworks.
• Health care decision making including working weekends and public holidays as required.
• Record-keeping across Guardianship activities and related documentation.
• Provide advice and support to the Public Guardian and delegates, focusing on positive behaviours support and restrictive practices.
• Liaise with internal/external stakeholders including government departments and community groups.
• Public speaking engagements as a representative of the Public Guardian.
• Evaluate behaviours support documents from a rights-based perspective.

Responsibilities

• Undertake structured decision making adhering to policies and frameworks.
• Participate in health care decision making including weekends/public holidays.
• Ensure client-related documentation and guardianship activities are recorded and up-to-date.
• Provide professional advice to the Public Guardian and delegates on behaviours support.
• Liaise with stakeholders across sectors involved with adults with impaired decision-making capacity.
• Engage in community education/liaison and public speaking on behalf of the Public Guardian.
• Use professional experience to evaluate behaviours support documents from a human rights perspective.

Job description

The Senior Guardian conducts structured personal and health care decision making and advocacy for adults with impaired capacity where the Public Guardian acts as appointed guardian or attorney or as a statutory health attorney of last resort. Senior Guardians ensure a client's rights, interest, views, wishes and preferences are elevated and centred in all decision making and advocacy activities.

Our Workplace

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is an independent statutory office established to protect the rights and interests of adults with impaired decision-making capacity, and children and young people in the child protection system and other visitable sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake structured decision making adhering to organisational policies, practice directions and organisational and legislative frameworks.
• Participate in health care decision making including working weekends and public holidays as required.
• Ensuring all client-related documentation and guardianship activities are appropriately recorded, accurate and up-to-date, including Guardianship reports, decision reports, visit reports, health care decisions and file running notes.
• Provide professional level advice, information and support to the Public Guardian and their delegates, particularly in relation to positive behaviours support and restrictive practices.
• Liaise with and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders including community groups, government departments and other agencies involved in providing services to adults with impaired decision-making capacity.
• Participate in community education/ liaison activities as a representative of the Public Guardian including undertaking public speaking engagements.
• Use professional experience and expertise to evaluate and interpret behaviours support documents from an evidence based and human rights perspective.

Mandatory Role Conditions

Possession of a C class driver's licence is a mandatory requirement for this role, as travel is required to attend meetings, events and visits in a range of locations that are often not accessible by alternative means. Guardianship activities may include overnight travel to regional areas for up to a week.

Applications to remain current for 12 months

Occupational group Community Care