Are you passionate about supporting young people's mental health?

Gladstone State High School is seeking a Social Worker to join their wellbeing team.

Full time availability is preferred but part time positions may be negotiated for the right candidate.

Apply now to help empower students to thrive both personally and academically.

Job details

Who We Are:

Gladstone State High School is highly regarded in the Gladstone community, and has a long and proud history beginning well before the school opened in 1953.

Our purpose is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and confidence to maximise their potential enabling them to make a positive contribution to society.

We value and build on our strong traditions of excellence, resilience and inclusiveness in a productive learning and teaching environment, where students are engaged, respectful, responsible and safe.

Step Into Your Next Chapter:

The Student Wellbeing Workforce aims to ensure every Queensland primary and secondary state school student has access to a wellbeing professional at school.

The focus of the role is to provide support for students with mild to moderate mental health concerns. Wellbeing professionals employed through the Student Wellbeing Workforce program work as part of schools' established student support teams to enhance the wellbeing and mental health support available to students.

Responsibilities include:

• Undertake individual and group counselling with students, parents and families to assist them in resolving personal or relationship concerns.
• Provide professional social welfare assessments, interventions and follow up support to students, parents/carers and individuals as required.
• Identify needs and participate in the referral and planning of services for children, parents and families to community agencies such as health and welfare.

Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.

The Perfect Fit:

• Knowledgeable around case formulation and intervention models
• Clear with therapeutic framework and professional practice strategies
• Strong communicators
• Good time managers
• Experienced relevant to the role
• Flexible with working conditions

Benefits:

• Regular supervision
• Comprehensive induction
• The ability to accrue extra leave to take time off during the school holidays
• Access to fleet vehicles for travel requirements
• Regular peer supervision
• Laptop provided
• 12.75% Superannuation
• Professional Development Allowance
• Salary Sacrificing options
• Leave loading
• Internal Professional Development 
• Relocation supports available for the right applicant.

Submit Your Application:

• 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 statement in response to the attached role description.

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.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  CQR689545_26P Role Description (PDF, 316KB)
  Role Description