Principal Advisor, Social Work

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

**About the Department**:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
**About the Role**:

- Extensive experience providing services as a social worker, including an in depth understanding of best-practice interventions to address mental health concerns of children and young people.
- Proficiency in providing formal supervision to social workers and/or other wellbeing professionals and providing advice and guidance to support others' practice.
- Knowledge of, or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of, whole school approaches, assessment, intervention and practices that support quality educational outcomes for students with mental health concerns.
- Leadership in the development of onboarding processes for social workers and university practicum students from social work graduate programs.
- Competency in providing exemplary advice and support in the area of mental health and wellbeing within the educational environment.
- High level of productivity when working autonomously, in complex, sensitive or high-pressure environments.
- Ability to deliver results within tight timeframes with high levels of accuracy.
- Excellent quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis skills.
- Capacity to think strategically and present a range of solutions to complex issues.

**Mandatory requirements of the role**:

- Possession of tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- A Blue Card

**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role, addressing the key attributes listed above.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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