Principal Child Protection Practitioner

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Logan City, Australia Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs Full time

The Principal Child Protection Practitioner key responsibilities are:

- Provide expert child protection advice and guidance to the CBIR service 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 CBIR service 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 the CBIR service 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 the CBIR service and other government and non-government agencies, acting as a representative of Child Safety
- Actively participate in meetings and case consultations with the CBIR service and other government and non-government organisations, as a representative of Child Safety

Delegations
You will be an authorised officer under the Child Protection Act 1999, but will not have any statutory delegations.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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