Yarrabah State School is seeking a Senior Social Worker to support the wellbeing and mental health needs of students and the wider school community.

In this role, you will provide personal and family counselling, therapy, and group work, as well as facilitate referrals to relevant services to ensure students receive appropriate and timely support. You will also provide professional supervision, leadership, advocacy, and guidance to school social workers across the region, strengthening capability and clinical practice.

This is a meaningful opportunity to make a lasting impact while supporting high-quality social work practice in schools.

Job details

About the School

Yarrabah State School is a culturally rich Prep-Year 10 school located in the Yarrabah community, south-east of Cairns. The school provides inclusive, culturally responsive learning with a strong focus on student wellbeing, engagement and achievement, supporting pathways into further education, training and employment.

About the Role

Responsibilities include:

• Provide professional mental health and social welfare assessment, interventions and follow up support to students and families as required, including provision of services for schools with complex needs.
• Provide leadership and demonstrate high levels of expertise in specific or specialised clinical areas to social workers, in collaboration with regional and school management teams, to promote the delivery of safe, effective, high quality social work services.
• Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within an educational setting, providing support to school, communities, regional teams and inter-agency networks relevant to the position's role and facilitate coordination of internal and external support and services for students experiencing mental health and social/emotional concerns.
• Support delivery and continual improvement of social work services in schools by reviewing policies, operational standards and procedures, evaluating service provision and programs as well as providing advice and recommendations to the Senior Advisor, Social Work about alternative models of delivering and resourcing.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.

A mandatory requirement of this role is:

• Possession of tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page response to the Leadership Competencies section of the attached role description
• Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in 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, 286KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  FNR692435_26P Role Description (PDF, 313KB)
  Role Description