Director Social Work

5 days ago


Brisbane, Australia Queensland Health Full time

About the role
- Provide high-level strategic direction and professional leadership for Social Workers across all service groups, settings and facilities within Community and Oral Health, MNHHS.
- Lead innovation and develop strategic relationships in MNHHS with the Social Work Community of Practice (SWCOP), on a state-wide basis with Directors of Social Work via state-wide Social Work Leadership group and with external stakeholders, including tertiary education providers.
- Provide operational management to Social Workers in the casual pool, specialised residential and Indigenous Health services.

About you
- Respect - demonstrates high level communication skills, effectively balancing Service demands with the needs of individual staff; is effective in variety of communication settings: 1;1, small and large groups and among diverse styles and position levels; encourages the expression of diverse ideas and opinions and manages conflicts arising in a productive and equitable way
- Teamwork -values differences and builds effective teams to bring about best use of resources to deliver healthcare services; develops others through a variety of methods including coaching, feedback and exposure
- Compassion - leads with self-awareness of the effects of his/her behaviour on others, deals with and manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the managing uncertainty of change; proactively seeks feedback without being defensive
- High Performance - ability to provide advanced level supervision and professional leadership to drive positive clinical outcomes for our consumers and their families; readily takes on new challenges, nurturing innovation and putting creative ideas into practice
- Integrity - demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability of self and team members who report to role; demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively in managing complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard, in accordance with AASW professional standards
- Leadership/Work Unit Management - ability to provide strategic leadership and direction to progress the Social Work discipline; ability to utilise high-level management knowledge, skills and leadership to professionally manage a large service
- Clinical Practice
- Communication/Team Participation - ability to collaborate with peers and staff, negotiate challenging situations and articulate clear advocacy for the Social Work profession: demonstrates ability to build and sustain relationships with a network of key people internally and externally

Benefits when working for us
- Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
- Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
- Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

**Job ad reference number**: COH568026Close date: Tuesday, 11th June 2024
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