Social Worker - Senior (Child Development Service)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Diversity and inclusion culture

EAP access

Private health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba is seeking a Senior Social Worker (Child Development Service) to support children and families facing developmental concerns within a multidisciplinary team, influencing care pathways and service improvement.

You’ll deliver psychosocial assessments, partner with clinicians, carers, schools and community services to create coordinated pathways of care, and provide mentoring and clinical leadership to strengthen the team's capability and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Strong experience in child and family psychosocial assessment and case management.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary and community-based environments.
• Demonstrated capability to lead quality improvement, supervision or workforce development activities.
• Experience supporting children with developmental needs or advanced training in child development is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive psychosocial assessments that guide timely support and improved outcomes for children and families.
• Partner with clinicians, carers, schools and community services to create coordinated pathways of care.
• Lead service improvements that enhance quality, efficiency and family-centred practice.
• Providing professional guidance, mentoring and clinical expertise that strengthens team capability and care delivery.

Skills

Child development

Psychosocial assessment

Case management

Team collaboration

Clinical leadership

Job description

Social Worker - Senior (Child Development Service)

Join Darling Downs Health as a Senior Social Worker (Child Development Service) in Toowoomba. Use your expertise to support children and families navigating developmental concerns while working within a collaborative multidisciplinary team. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact, influence service improvement, and help shape better outcomes for children across the region.

What your day could look like

As a Senior Social Worker in the Child Development Service, you'll help children and families access the support they need to better understand and navigate developmental challenges. Working alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to positive outcomes that strengthen wellbeing, connection and participation in everyday life.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Delivering comprehensive psychosocial assessments that guide timely support and improved outcomes for children and families.
• Partnering with clinicians, carers, schools and community services to create coordinated pathways of care.
• Leading service improvements that enhance quality, efficiency and family‑centred practice.
• Providing professional guidance, mentoring and clinical expertise that strengthens team capability and care delivery.

Let's Talk About You

You're an experienced social worker who combines clinical expertise with genuine compassion. You communicate with confidence, build trusted relationships and approach complex situations with integrity, courage and respect. You'll take pride in helping children and families feel heard, supported and understood while contributing to better long‑term developmental outcomes.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

• Eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Strong experience in child and family psychosocial assessment and case management.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary and community‑based environments.
• Demonstrated capability to lead quality improvement, supervision or workforce development activities.

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you bring experience supporting children with developmental needs and/or advanced training in child development, family‑centred practice or clinical leadership.

Above all, you’ll embody Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage while helping children and families achieve their best possible outcomes.

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,fromTaroom in the north to Texas in thesouth,our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care.It'scomplex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whetheryou'rea doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member,or administrator,you'llsee your impact firsthand.Here,you'llfind opportunities that simplydon'texist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, andembraceresponsibilities that would take years toaccessin larger health services.

Darling Downs Healthis 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 entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take 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 Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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