Social Worker Senior - Children's Plus

Queensland Health; Gympie Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 157,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Career development

Salary packaging

Job summary

Sunshine Coast Health, part of Queensland Health, seeks a Senior Social Worker to deliver high-level social work clinical services and leadership for child protection cases across the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. The role involves collaboration with health sites and community partners to promote a whole-of-system approach.

The position includes working within a multidisciplinary team, conducting risk assessments, and providing guidance to other clinicians.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker registered in Australia
• Experience in child protection and high-level clinical skills
• Strong written and interprofessional communication

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-level clinical skills and therapeutic intervention to at-risk children and their family/carers
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial and child protection risk assessments and provide guidance to clinicians
• Provide high-level written responses to information requests from Child Safety authorities and ensure timely information sharing

Job description

Develop your career with Sunshine Coast Health in southeast Queensland which extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

We're excited to welcome a Social Worker – Senior to deliver high level Social Work clinical services and leadership in the provision of child protection counsel and intervention for children at risk of, or who have been subject to abuse and/or neglect, and their family/carer networks.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

The position will work collaboratively and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team and with other government and non-government partners to contribute to and promote a whole of system child protection approach across the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. This will include health sites and within the wider community.

Key Responsibilities include:

• In accordance with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics and the AASW professional practice, deliver high level clinical skills and therapeutic intervention to children and their family/carers that are at risk of entering/re-entering the child protection system, utilising evidence-based practice and theory.
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial and child protection risk assessments and provide clinical support and guidance in relation to the outcomes/recommendations of the assessment to other clinicians working with the child and/or the child's family/carer.
• Provide high level written responses to requests for information from the Department of Child Safety and ensure information sharing is relevant and completed in a timely manner and in line with Child Protection legislation.

Remuneration based pro rata on equivalent full time value up to $157,359 p.a., comprising salary rates: $64.64 - $69.55 p.h., employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (HP4 (Fixed term temporary flexible part time position available for 12 months, 30.4 hrs p.f.).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

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