Senior Social Worker & Practice Leader: Complex Care

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

EAP access

Private health insurance discounts

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Job summary

Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba is seeking an Advanced Social Worker to lead complex practice, support clinicians, and influence service improvement across our health service.

You will mentor teams, provide expert clinical judgment, and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver person-centred care and better patient outcomes.

Join us to grow professionally in a region-wide health service that values people, purpose, and meaningful community impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing complex social work matters with advanced clinical reasoning.
• Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and support development of clinicians and teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical expertise for complex and sensitive cases.
• Partner with clinicians, leaders, and service providers to achieve positive outcomes and coordinated care.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives to enhance social work practice.
• Build capability across the workforce through supervision, mentoring, education, and leadership.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Evidence-based practice

Communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Postgraduate study in social work

Job description

Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba is seeking an Advanced Social Worker to lead complex practice, support clinicians, and influence service improvement across our health service.

You will mentor teams, provide expert clinical judgment, and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver person-centred care and better patient outcomes.

Join us to grow professionally in a region-wide health service that values people, purpose, and meaningful community impact.