Child Safety Officer

4 weeks ago

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

**The Child Safety Officer key responsibilities are**:

- Deliver accountable and collaborative integrated child protection services for complex cases that respect the culture and context of each child, young person, family and community in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, statutory responsibilities, and the child protection practice framework. As part of a multi-disciplinary team (which may include representation from other agencies), undertake high quality strengths-based child protection practice including assessment, intervention, casework and complex case management. Participate and contribute productively as a team member to form culturally appropriate, professional working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, including children, young people and families, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), and other service providers. Foster a culture and philosophy of quality frontline service delivery based on collaboration, cooperation, commitment to excellence and professional ethics. Maintain high quality case records in accordance with departmental case management requirements. Participate and contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based. Contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies. Draw on professional practice experience in relevant child protection fields to provide coaching, and mentoring to new and less experienced Child Safety Officers, to develop their skills and knowledge.

**Delegations**:
Child Safety Officers are authorised officers under the Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld) and have a range of statutory delegations in relation to this.

**Leadership Competencies for this role**:

- Leads strategicallyThinks critically and acts on the broader purpose of the system
- Makes insightful decisionsMakes considered, ethical and courageous decisions based on insight into the broader context. Builds enduring relationshipsBuilds and sustains relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of customerfocused outcomes
- Drives accountability and outcomesDemonstrates accountability for the execution and quality of results through professionalism, persistence and transparency. Demonstrates sound governanceMaintains a high standard of practice through governance and risk management
- Pursues continuous growthPursues opportunities for growth through agile learning and development of selfawareness

**Role specific/technical skills**:
You work within the Framework for Practice (values, principles, practice tools, processes and core skills) providing a lens through which to view and guide professional practice within a multidisciplinary team environment. You have knowledge of and/or experience in assessment and casework intervention with individuals and families who have complex needs and you understand the theoretical perspectives that relate to child protection practice, including the impacts of historical and contemporary policy and practices upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

**Conditions and Benefits of the role**:
The department provides access to an employee assistance program and a range of learning and development opportunities. Your employment experience with the department will include work-life balance with competitive salary and benefits (including up to 12.75 per cent superannuation contributions by your employer), generous leave entitlements, career progression opportunities and the chance to make a difference to the people and communities of Queensland.
The department is committed to building an inclusive culture that respects and promotes.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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