Child Protection Liaison Officer
6 days ago
We are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
- Provision of specialist, Social Work child protection, consultation, and liaison with staff across the hospital, safety planning and ongoing management of patients whether there are child protection concerns or identified risks. Incorporating contemporary Social Work practice trauma principles, child aware and the convention the right to the child.
- Lead and provide specialised clinical advice in the development and review of facility and district-level policy procedures and standards related to child protection.
- Assist organisation to met National Principals for Child Safe Organisations by providing clinical expertise in relation to the intersection with Child Safe Organisation principals and Child Protection requirements.
- Responsibilities may include assessing family situations, developing intervention strategies, coordinating with external agencies, and advocating for the best interests of the children involved.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
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