Social Worker - Advanced

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

EAP

Private health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Darling Downs Health in the Toowoomba region seeks an Advanced Social Worker to provide high-level social work leadership across the health service, guiding complex decisions and supporting families.

You will lead clinical supervision, mentor clinicians, drive service improvements, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver person-centred care.

This role offers opportunities to influence practice, grow your leadership capabilities and contribute to community wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing complex social work matters using advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
• Postgraduate study relevant to social work practice or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading service improvement initiatives in complex healthcare environments.

Responsibilities

• Providing advanced clinical expertise for complex and sensitive situations, helping patients and families navigate challenges and access the support they need.
• Partnering with clinicians, leaders, and service providers to achieve positive outcomes and coordinated care across the patient journey.
• Leading quality improvement initiatives that enhance social work practice, strengthen service delivery, and support better experiences for patients.
• Building capability across the workforce through clinical supervision, mentoring, education, and professional leadership.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Stakeholder engagement

Mentorship

Communication skills

Education

Postgraduate study in social work

Job description

What your day could look likeAs an Advanced Social Worker, you'll play an important role in improving outcomes for patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams across the health service. From guiding complex care decisions to strengthening professional practice, you'll work with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, person-centred support that creates lasting impact.Every day, you'll contribute by:Providing advanced clinical expertise for complex and sensitive situations, helping patients and families navigate challenges and access the support they need.Partnering with clinicians, leaders, and service providers to achieve positive outcomes and coordinated care across the patient journey.Leading quality improvement initiatives that enhance social work practice, strengthen service delivery, and support better experiences for patients.Building capability across the workforce through clinical supervision, mentoring, education, and professional leadership.Let's Talk About YouYou're a compassionate and confident social work professional who combines expert clinical judgement with a genuine commitment to people. You lead with integrity and have the courage to navigate complexity while supporting others to succeed. You take pride in creating positive change and helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes. You're not here to simply maintain services, you're here to improve them and make a meaningful difference.Here's what will help you thrive in this role:Extensive experience managing complex social work matters using advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and support the development of clinicians and teams.You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate study relevant to social work practice and/or experience leading service improvement initiatives in complex healthcare environments.Together, you'll help deliver exceptional care, strengthen practice, and create meaningful impact for the communities we serve.Why Join Darling Downs Health?At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlementsEnjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and varietyAccess professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathwaysTake care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health BenefitsYour future is here. Where are you?If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and upload the requested documents.Find out more about us!Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdownsWork with Us | Toowoomba#WorkDDHHS #OpportunityImpact #TheyreHereThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.