Senior Social Worker

Queensland Department of Education – North Lakes QLD Full time, Contract, Part time, Casual/Temporary Senior Social Worker Metropolitan North Region is seeking applications for a Senior Social Worker to join the team. Working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team the Senior Social Worker role is to support learning and engagement of young people in their educational pathway to ensure they reach their full potential and maximise their learning in alignment with the Equity and Excellence strategy. About the Department Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us. About Your New Role Based in Metropolitan North Regional Office (Nundah and North Lakes), the Senior Social Worker role is to support learning and engagement of young people in their educational pathway to ensure they reach their full potential and maximise their learning in alignment with the Equity and Excellence strategy. Working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team you will be supporting and leading case management. Building partnerships to refer and work collaboratively with external agencies to support the student, their families and their school community will be a key component of the role. This role will be targeted to Primary School and High School contexts. Responsibilities Respond to the needs of the identified young people and families to assist with engagement and personalised learning plans in partnership with school communities and external stakeholders. Build resilience through facilitation of referrals to other allied health professionals, and service and care coordination for the purpose of assisting young persons and their family's wellbeing and mental health. Provide professional mental health and social welfare assessment and interventions and follow up support of the identified young people and families as required. Provide leadership within a multi-disciplinary team in a regional setting, providing support to schools' community and inter agency networks relevant to the needs of the young people. Engage in administration tasks, prepare and present papers and reports relating to the role to school and regional leadership team on the progress and outcomes of student engagement. As a Senior Social Worker, you will report to the identified manager of your multi-disciplinary team for operational and administrative matters. Clinical supervision will be provided by Senior Advisor Social Work. A mandatory requirement of this role Possession of tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Desirable Experience for this role Demonstrated experience in complex case management, multi-disciplinary and leading stakeholder engagement groups in schools. Demonstrated experience and understanding of social work within a school setting, and/or Child Safety environment. Experience providing therapeutic support and intervention to young people with complex presentations regarding disability, mental health and complex behavioural concerns as barriers to engagement in school. Supporting families and carers experiencing complex or challenging psychosocial concerns including child protection, domestic and family violence and disrupted attachment/trauma and the impact on education. Notes Please refer to the attached role description for the full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements for this position. Application Requirements Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (ensure that you have nominated your current line manager for 1 referee). Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) addressing Key Capabilities 1-4 as per Role Description "How you will be assessed" section. Attach a copy of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description. We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. #J-18808-Ljbffr