About the role

• It is the purpose of this role to deliver social work clinical consultation and liaison services for child protection within the Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and the community. The role encompasses the provision of specialist social work services that contribute to maintaining the integration of child safety initiatives. The service functions within an early intervention and prevention framework that seeks to enhance child protection for children and families at risk across the continuum.
• This includes the provision of leadership, specialist advice, consultation and education to multidisciplinary staff.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Respect demonstrates interpersonal savvy, manages conflict appropriately, communicates effectively and balances the needs of all stakeholders with utmost respect to all people at all times
• Teamwork collaborates effectively, develops talent, values differences and builds effective teams to bring about best use of resources to deliver healthcare services
• Compassion is patient / client focussed, demonstrates self-awareness and the effects of behaviour on others, deals with or manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the delivery of patient services or support in the delivery of services to patients
• High Performance cultivates innovation, is action oriented, drives results and supports Metro North Health's vision and purpose to exceed expectations of our patients and stakeholders
• Integrity demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively / manages complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard.

Clinical Practice

• Deliver high level evidence based social work clinical services, including counselling and consultancy, in accordance with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics and AASW Professional Practice Standards through assessing clinical risk and the complex psychosocial needs of patients/ families/ carers.
• Demonstrate high-level understanding of the environment in which clinical decisions are made to influence health outcomes, including a broad understanding of the continuum of care and the organisational provision of multidisciplinary health services.

Communication/ Team Participation

• Monitor and report social work and child protection work practices and outcomes within the hospital and initiate, plan and evaluate service improvement activities and formal research to enhance service delivery.
• Provide clinical practice supervision, clinical education to staff and students to ensure the maintenance of clinical standards.

Leadership/ Work Unit Management

• Monitor and report social work and child protection work practices and outcomes within the hospital and initiate, plan and evaluate service improvement activities and formal research to enhance service delivery.
• Provide clinical practice supervision, clinical education to staff and students to ensure the maintenance of clinical standards.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first.

Job ad reference number: CAB470272
Close date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED