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The position of Social Worker (Clinical Paediatric) will:

• Provide competent clinical Social Work services within a multidisciplinary team across all areas of the Queensland Children's Hospital after-hours including evenings, weekends, and public holidays.
• Independently triage referrals and provide an emergency response after-hours to ensure that complex high-risk cases receive timely and optimal Social Work intervention and assessment.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, intervention, and consultancy for children with complex psychosocial and health issues without access to immediate supervision.
  
  

About The Role

• Clinical Expertise: Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary social work theories to practice, and an ability to apply these to acute contexts during evening, weekend and public holiday presentations within a tertiary hospital setting.
• Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate the social work role and to work cooperatively and effectively in a multidisciplinary health setting.
• Clinical Ability: Demonstrated ability to independently manage a social work caseload, using appropriate interventions that respond to child and family psychosocial needs in the context of crisis, trauma, grief, chronic illness and disability, hospitalisation, domestic and family violence and child protection.
• Leadership: An ability to incorporate quality improvement activities and / or research into clinical practice and develop skills in staff and student supervision.
  
  

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital , Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service , our Child and Youth Mental Health Service , and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

Benefits

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• …12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• …17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility
  
  

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here .Seniority level

• Seniority levelAssociate

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionHealth Care Provider
• IndustriesHospitals and Health Care

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