The role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Senior Health Worker is to collaboratively deliver culturally appropriate mental health support within their community and Hospital and Health Service catchment to address the unique social and emotional wellbeing needs arising from historical trauma, cultural disconnection and social determinants of health. You will provide sensitive social and emotional wellbeing assessments and intervention and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, and high-level care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families through the participation, development, planning and evaluation of mental health services.

Job details

About the Team

The Child and Youth Mental Health Service has two mental health inpatient units that provide acute recovery oriented multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention for young people and their families. The units consist of an adolescent unit and a child unit each with its own multi-disciplinary team. Both units provide acute short-term hospital admissions for children and young people who may be in crisis, have risk within their presentation, have a level of symptomatology that requires intensive intervention, or benefit from a planned admission.  The unit functions as a tertiary service providing statewide support for admissions.

The Child and Youth Mental Health Service Community Program consists of 6 multidisciplinary teams that support children, young people and their families aged from 5–18 years of age presenting with complex mental health needs. Interventions range from acute crisis response to medium term interventions.

About the Role

• Co-leading and participation in supervision and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (HWF3, HWF2) by facilitating ongoing monitoring and evaluation of professional practice development.
• Collaboratively lead stakeholder engagement to improve service provision and coordination of complex care consumers.
• Actively participate and contribute in strategic meetings to represent the interests and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their and families.
• Provide expert advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team within the Inpatient Mental Health Units.  
• Manage professionally and sensitively with young people and families experiencing Mental Health issues within the inpatient setting and if required in the community CYMHS setting.
• Provide cultural expertise on relevant committees and leadership meetings with Campus Based CYMHS.  
• Liaison with other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Organisations and other external agencies including schools is core to the Community CYMHS model of care.
• Coordinate and deliver services within a hub and spoke service model across the Community CYMHS Program.

 About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF, 862KB)
  Application Kit
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF, 837KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  650528 - HWF4 Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Worker-RD (PDF, 842KB)
  Role Description