Social Worker

Build brighter futures for children and young people in this rewarding Social Worker role

Permanent full-time Social Worker opportunity based at Logan Central, supporting children and young people through evidence-based mental health care within Metro South Health.

Your new role:

As a Social Worker with Logan Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS), you'll provide evidence-based, patient-centred mental health care to children and young people experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties, working closely with families, carers and an experienced multidisciplinary team.

You'll do this by:

• Providing comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, therapeutic interventions and clinical management.
• Managing an allocated caseload, including effective prioritisation, documentation and discharge planning.
• Working collaboratively with young people, families, carers, health professionals and external agencies.
• Contributing to clinical case conferences, team meetings, quality improvement and research activities.
• Supporting the education and supervision of students and less experienced staff.
• Delivering care within a recovery-oriented and least restrictive framework.

About you:

We're looking for a compassionate and collaborative Social Worker who is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and developing their clinical practice, with:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Demonstrated ability to provide patient-centred mental health assessment and management within a Child and Youth Mental Health setting.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively within an interprofessional team.
• A commitment to ongoing learning, professional development and evidence-based practice.
• The ability, or willingness to rapidly develop the skills, to support student education and training.
• An interest in contributing to service development, quality improvement and research.

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What we can offer you:

• Develop your clinical expertise with access to supervision, professional development and learning opportunities.
• Contribute to service improvement, research and the ongoing development of Child and Youth Mental Health services.
• Benefit from a workplace that values Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence.
• Access flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance.
• Be part of Metro South Health, a leading public health service renowned for teaching and research excellence.
• Work in a diverse and inclusive organisation that values its people and the communities it serves.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 better together.