Principal Child Protection Practitioner

6 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs Full time

Provide expert child protection advice and guidance to the Family and Child Connect, IFS and government and non-government organisations in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, statutory responsibilities, departmental objectives and current trends
- Provide a case consultation service to the community services on complex cases and ensure cases that may require statutory intervention are referred to Child Safety when necessary, including oversight of referral quality
- Build the child protection expertise of community services and other agencies through training and professional development initiatives
- Support the implementation of the Queensland Child Protection Guide and act as an agent of change through the provision of training and education (and/or training and education resources) and expert child protection advice to schools, police and health professionals
- Perform a cross sector co-ordination role, to enhance the working relationships between Child Safety and other government and non-government organisations to promote better collaboration. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other government and non-government agencies, acting as a representative of Child Safety
- Actively participate in meetings and case consultations with other government and non-government organisations, as a representative of Child Safety

Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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