About the TeamThe Child Development Service teams provide a family-centred, specialist public health service for children who have complex developmental and behavioural concerns. The teams provide multidisciplinary clinical services and consultancy/advice to support a comprehensive understanding of the child's developmental profile and how this relates to their functioning and participation in everyday life. Teams use a strengths-based, partnership approach to enable families, key stakeholders and community providers to best support the child's optimal development, health and wellbeing across the life course.About the RoleIn this role you will deliver quality outcomes for children, young people and families (Leader of Self) in accordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values. Your contribution will include:Delivering routine Social Work clinical services within the CDS that are family-focussed and goal-oriented and in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.Working collaboratively and effectively within multidisciplinary CDS team/s (including working in partnership with children and families) to achieve best practice outcomes for children with complex developmental difficulties and empower families to understand their child.Communicating appropriately and effectively with children and their families using strengths based and family-centred principles of care to build family capacity to optimise their health and actively manage current and future health care needs.Accurately and concisely documenting client health information to ensure timely coordinated care in multi-disciplinary and/or inter-disciplinary team environment (including written reports,



education and professional documents)About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern Recent South Wales.Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.Inclusion and diversityTo encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HHSIf you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:Opportunities for professional growth and developmentCompetitive renumerationAnnual pay increases12.75% employer superannuation contribution17.5% annual leave loadingSalary packagingEmployee wellness and assistance programWork/life balance, variety, and flexibilityYou can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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📌 Social Worker (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane