Senior Practitioner

Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety; Ripley; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety – Ripley QLD is recruiting a Senior Practitioner to provide expert advice, supervision and oversight for child protection services, ensuring high standards in assessment, intervention and case management.

You will supervise staff, develop systems, and collaborate with service centre leadership to improve practice, align with legislation, and promote quality outcomes for children, families and communities.

Qualifications

• Degree in accordance with Qualification Requirements.
• Must hold a blue card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency.
• Must hold a C class driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice, guidance and oversight to ensure child protection services meet high standards and align with legislation and practice guidelines.
• Provide practice supervision, both individually and in groups, to Child Safety Officers and Senior Child Safety Officers.
• Maintain and improve services in accordance with departmental policies and the Framework for Practice.
• Establish and maintain relationships with Senior Team Leaders and staff to build capability in investigation, assessment and complex case management.
• Facilitate group practice development and supervision sessions to enhance capability within the Service Centre.
• Support region-wide staff on complex matters within the area of specialist knowledge.

Skills

Supervision

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Degree in accordance with qualification requirements

Blue card (Queensland)

C class driver's licence

Job description

Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety – Ripley QLD

Senior Practitioners are responsible for providing specialist advice, guidance and oversight to ensure that child protection services including assessment, intervention, casework and case management are delivered by the service centre to a high standard and in accordance with legislation and practice guidelines.

The Senior Practitioner provides practice supervision individually and in groups to Child Safety Officers and Senior Child Safety Officers.

As a Senior Practitioner you will:

• Ensuring that specialist accountable, collaborative and integrated child protection services that respect the culture and context of each child, young person, family and community is delivered in accordance with departmental policies, procedures, statutory responsibilities and the Framework for Practice by the Service Centre.
• Developing and implementing systems, processes and strategies linked to legislative, policy and practice standards, optimizing the quality of child protection service delivery, including contributing to continuous quality improvement strategies.
• Providing practice supervision as required for Child Safety Officers and Senior Child Safety Officers to support a ‘quality practice' and a continuous improvement service delivery ethos.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with Senior Team Leaders, Child Safety Officers and Senior Child Safety Officers to build capability, skills and knowledge in child protection service delivery particularly investigation and assessment, risk assessment in decision-making and complex case management.
• Facilitating group practice development and supervision sessions to build child protection capability within the Child Safety Service Centre.
• Supporting staff across the region in relation to complex matters within your area of specialist knowledge.
• Actively participating as a member of the Child Safety Service Centre Management Team and in quality assurance reviews of the service centre.
• Providing authoritative advice, guidance and oversight of decisions on complex casework matters, child protection policy, legislation and practice to relevant service centre staff.
• Providing accurate advice to senior managers on professional child protection practice issues, client needs and service delivery responses within the Service Centre.
• Enhancing the local regional community by actively practicing and promoting excellence in service delivery and public administration and identifying opportunities for improving regional client service.

Your mandatory requirements:

• Possession of a degree in accordance with the Qualification Requirements
• It is mandatory to hold a blue card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency.
• The possession of a “C” class driver's licence