Senior Social Worker - Metropolitan North Region

Job Description

Education (Organisation site ( ) )Metropolitan North Region, School and Regional Operations and Performance Division The Metropolitan North region are seeking applications for a Senior Social Worker to join their team.Working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team, the Senior Social Worker roles are 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.This role is offered on a temporary full-time basis, until 27 June 2025, unless otherwise determined. Job details Position status: Fixed Term Temporary Position type: Flexible full-time Occupational group: Education & Training Classification: PO4 Workplace Location: Metropolitan North Regional Office (Nundah and North Lakes) Job ad reference: QLD/MNR618180/25T Closing date: 19-Feb-2025 Yearly salary: $116724 - $125531 Fortnightly salary: $4474.00 - $4811.60 Job duration: Until 27 Jun 2025 unless otherwise determined About the Role Based in Metropolitan North Regional Office (Nundah and North Lakes), the Senior Social Worker roles are 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. These roles will be targeted to P - 4 Primary School and Years 5 - 9 Primary and High School contexts. Responsibilities include: 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. Desirable Experience for this role: Demonstrated experience in complex case management and leading stakeholder engagement groups in schools; Demonstrated experience and understanding of social work within a school setting; 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. Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. How to Apply: Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and A 1-pg written statement in response to 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. When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services. Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions. #J-18808-Ljbffr