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Specialist Services Clinician


Child and Family; Region – Southwest; Service Delivery – Child and Family; Ipswich or Toowoomba

Specialist Services Clinicians provide support to children 0-18 years in contact with the department who have complex health, disability, mental health and/or high-risk behavioural needs. The clinicians can work with children and young people from intake through to children and young people subject to child protection orders.

Please refer to role profile for full details.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Community Care
Classification PO4
Workplace Location South West Qld
Job ad reference QLD/647227/25
Closing date 04-Aug-2025
Job duration
Contact person Ainsleigh Goodman
Contact details Phone: 4614 9020
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As a Specialist Services Clinician you will:

The Specialist Services Clinician key responsibilities are:

  • Collect and critically analyse information about the child or young person's needs including their development, health, disability and mental health in order to provide advanced transdisciplinary clinical advice to departmental staff through a consultancy and liaison approach.
  • Work collaboratively with departmental staff and members of the child's Safety and Support Network to support the integration and coordination of evidence-based health, disability, mental health and therapeutic supports to meet the identified needs of children and young people.
  • Form culturally appropriate professional working relationships with children, their families, colleagues and stakeholders including non-government organisations.
  • Build and sustain strong collaborative partnerships with external agencies including Education, Health, Mental Health, Youth Justice and the National Disability Insurance Agency and its partners to ensure the needs of children and young people in contact with the department are met.
  • Build and sustain strong collaborative partnerships within the region that promote and support the capability development of staff through the provision of training and use of coaching and mentoring strategies.
  • Work collaboratively with the regional manager and the Principal Specialist Services Clinician to support the embedding of the program within the region. Address emerging operational issues that impact on the provision of health and therapeutic supports for children and young people who have high and complex health, disability, mental health needs or demonstrate high risk behaviours.
  • Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with the program's practice guidelines including alignment with the Strengthening Families Protecting Children Framework for Practice and the five core elements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle.
  • Maintain high quality case records in accordance with departmental recordkeeping requirements.
  • Contribute to the implementation of policies, procedures and practices in a regional service delivery environment.
  • Work effectively in a ‘hub and spoke' model with a regional manager and program staff located within the Office of the Chief Practitioner to deliver statewide program priorities. This includes being part of a coordinated community of practice with other clinicians around the state to share transdisciplinary knowledge.
  • Participate in data reporting requirements at both a regional and program level to support continual review of the program.

How to Apply:

To enable us to assess your application, please submit the following via www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au:

  • Resume and minimum of 2 referees including their email addresses. At least one referee should have a thorough knowledge of your work over the past two years as your manager or supervisor.
  • a statement not more than two pages, that summarises your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies and duties/responsibilities of the position.

Further information

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Two permanent full-time positions available

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Last updated
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