Social Worker / Psychologist

at  Queensland Health

This role may be eligible for the Queensland Health Attraction Incentive. See link - Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Scheme
About the role
The purpose of the role is to provide high level, specialist early intervention / parenting and related clinical services for families and children, between 0-8 years and with complex clinical needs with the goal to improve the attachment relationship between caregivers and children. Clinical services are provided in line with the appropriate professional code of ethics and practice standards.
This position plays a key role in delivering Queensland Health’s Early Intervention and Parenting Support Initiative, the Early Intervention for Safe and Healthy Families Initiative and the Expanded Child Health Centre Initiative.
The role is also responsible to provide advice and support to multidisciplinary Child Health team staff, and key stakeholders in Paediatrics on relevant early intervention and parenting issues, with a speciality in maternal mood, attachment, and enhanced parenting programs.
All Social Work positions are required to provide 7-day availability for After Hours, On-call rostering to respond to clinical emergencies for patients who meet specified clinical criteria at Ipswich Hospital.
About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated high level of knowledge and expertise in the delivery of evidence-based assessments and parenting interventions for families with complex needs, with a focus on intervening with families of children aged 0-8 years.
• Demonstrated competence in professional clinical practice and adherence to defined service standards and the management of complex patient/client care, whilst exercising a degree of independence and professional decision making, accessing clinical practice supervision and guidance as required.
• Demonstrated commitment and leadership for active and ongoing professional development and supervision to meet appropriate professional requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt knowledge and skills to intervene with a complex caseload where clinical issues may be diverse or multi-layered.
• Demonstrated effective written communication skills including psychosocial assessments, correspondence with service providers and clinical reports and the provision of practice within the medico legal requirements.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to adopt the principles of the Family Partnership model (e.g., respect, genuineness) in interactions with clients, staff and external providers.
• Demonstrated competence in communication, negotiation, consultation, advocacy and interpersonal skills to be independent in effective problem-solving including conflict resolution and to work cooperatively with other professionals and contribute positively in all interactions in the workplace at all levels.

About West Moreton Health
West Moreton Health is one of the most rapidly evolving health services in the south east corner, with a community growth expected to almost double to more than 588,000 by 2036. Our vision is for a robust hospital and health service that includes fit-for-purpose spaces, interconnected buildings, multi-disciplinary health services, research, education and community partnerships.

Benefits

• 17.5% annual leave loading (Additional allowances/entitlements may apply)
• 12.75 % employer contribution to superannuation
• Professional development
• Salary sacrificing options
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Service (EAS).

To apply
Further information regarding this role please download and read the attached Role Description and Information Packages. You will need to submit your Cover Letter, CV or Resume including the names and contact details of two referees and a short response (maximum 1-2 pages) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities are relevant to the role.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for all West Moreton Health vacancies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Please refer the Job description for details