Clinical Services Manager

We are seeking a dedicated Senior Social Worker to join our team in the Gladstone area. This is a full-time position, comprising 0.5 FTE supervision responsibilities and 0.5 FTE clinical duties.

Working for this organization means joining an environment that values professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities, and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance.

Responsibilities:

• Respond to the needs of the student population and school community, including schools with complex needs and in specialized areas of social work practice, to provide personal and family counseling, therapy, and group work, facilitation for referrals to other services for the purpose of assisting students' wellbeing and mental health.
• Provide professional supervision, leadership, advocacy, and support to school social workers within the region to develop their capability and clinical skills.
• Provide professional mental health and social welfare assessment, interventions, and follow-up support to students and families as required, including provision of services for schools with complex needs.
• Provide leadership and demonstrate high levels of expertise in specific or specialized clinical areas to social workers, in collaboration with regional and school management teams, to promote the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality social work services.
• Participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team within an educational setting, providing support to school, communities, regional teams, and inter-agency networks relevant to the position's role and facilitate coordination of internal and external support and services for students experiencing mental health and social/emotional concerns.
• Support delivery and continual improvement of social work services in schools by reviewing policies, operational standards, and procedures, evaluating service provision, and programs, as well as providing advice and recommendations to senior leaders about alternative models of delivering and resourcing.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to identify professional development needs and plan, implement, and evaluate clinical supervision, training, and development initiatives for social workers in schools and monitor and report on performance.
• Support school communities in responding to critical incidents and emergencies as part of the school and regional response team.
• Provide leadership, plan, and implement clinical supervision to social workers in collaboration with regional and school management teams, to support and promote the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality social work services, including assisting social workers employed at other sites and university practicum students, to build capacity and skills within an educational setting.
• Contribute to the research, development, implementation, and evaluation of validated practices, policies, and protocols relating to the delivery of social work services, including preparation and presentation of papers and reports relating to the department's social work services in schools.
• Respond to service complaints and address issues impacting the delivery of social work services in collaboration with senior leaders, regional managers, and school principals, as required.

The following benefits are included:

• Regular supervision
• Comprehensive induction
• The ability to accrue extra leave to take time off during the school holidays
• PD allowance
• Access to fleet vehicles
• Regular peer supervision
• Laptop provided
• 12.75% Superannuation
• Professional Development Allowance
• Salary Sacrificing options
• Leave loading
• Internal Professional Development