Bring your passion and experience to mental health and advocacy role where every day makes a difference. As a Social Worker with Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba, you’ll be a key voice in a multidisciplinary team, delivering life-changing support to adult inpatient mental health consumers. This is your opportunity to grow, lead, and help shape brighter futures—one person at a time.

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What your day will look like….

You'll be part of a collaborative and supportive team, using your expertise to deliver evidence-based social work interventions and advocate for individuals navigating complex mental health challenges. From working closely with clients and their families to supporting colleagues through education, supervision, or input into service improvements, your role will be dynamic and impactful. You'll consult with stakeholders, contribute to case planning, and ensure clients are supported in line with the Mental Health Act and ethical frameworks. Every interaction you have will help shape better health outcomes and empower people in their recovery journey.

Let's talk about you!

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

• Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
• Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
• Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
• Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
• Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport
• Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
• Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

Find out more about us!

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Further information

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

For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns  

Documents

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

• Candidate Application Guide (PDF, 198KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  DD2507645781 Role Description (PDF, 375KB)
  Role Description