Senior Social Worker: Leadership, Mentoring & Complex Care

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

Job summary

Darling Downs Health is seeking a Senior Social Worker to navigate complex health and wellbeing challenges, delivering advanced social work interventions and coordinating care across a multidisciplinary team in the Darling Downs region.

You will mentor colleagues, advocate for patients, families, and carers, and lead service improvements while upholding values of compassion, integrity and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering high-level social work services in complex healthcare environments.
• Ability to navigate complexity, advocate for people, and influence care pathways.
• Strong communication and relationship-building across diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced social work interventions for people with complex health needs.
• Build partnerships with patients, families, carers and healthcare teams.
• Drive service improvements and support best-practice care.
• Mentor and support less experienced team members with clinical leadership.

Skills

Communication skills

Consultation skills

Relationship building

Collaborative leadership

Education

AASW eligibility

Job description

Darling Downs Health is seeking a Senior Social Worker to navigate complex health and wellbeing challenges, delivering advanced social work interventions and coordinating care across a multidisciplinary team in the Darling Downs region.

You will mentor colleagues, advocate for patients, families, and carers, and lead service improvements while upholding values of compassion, integrity and collaboration.