In this role you will work within a multidisciplinary team and provide high quality, culturally appropriate, child protection services to children, families and carers serviced by the Child Safety Service Centre. You will also support colleagues and management in the delivery of statutory child protection services within a strengths-based, safety oriented framework for practice.

Job details

Southern Downs & Granite Belt CSSC services the greater Southern Downs areas and form part of the Darling Downs District. By joining us, you have a unique opportunity to be part of a workgroup providing front-line service delivery to vulnerable Queensland. We value a collaborative team approach to the work that we do and are focused on building an office culture that supports staff to feel valued and respected, while achieving positive outcomes for children and families linked within our system.

We are committed to:

• Holding the child at the forefront of our minds in everything we do; they are always paramount in our work
• Being curious about culture and culture being central to everything we do
• Building collaborative care teams with external partners, as well as our colleagues in the CSSC
• Having the right intervention at the right time, that meets the safety and support needs of the child
• Having business systems that promote effective service delivery
• Prioritizing ongoing staff development, wellbeing and positive office culture
• Doing what it takes for our children to be connected to, or to live with, their family.

We provide ongoing intervention to children, from Intervention with Parental Agreement, through to Long Term Guardianship Orders. Children subject to intervention in Stanthorpe, Warwick and surrounds are case managed by our Child Safety Officers. We are committed to supporting a positive work life balance and have spent time developing a fair and equitable approach to travel in these areas, which is shared across the work group. Strong skills in working with complex family situations, navigating stakeholder groups, strong written and verbal assessment skills, and ability to manage your workflow are strongly desirable in our workgroup.

Child Protection in Queensland is undergoing a significant reform to ensure that children and young people are cared for, protected and sage. We are committed to Reframing the Relationship with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families, communities and organisations through truth telling and meaningful and culturally appropriate engagement. We are committed to supporting the implementation of Delegated Authority, and our practice reflects our commitment to empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families to have self-determination and be actively involved in the decisions that affect them and their community.

The CSSC is currently based in Ripley, with the future location to be based in Ipswich.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Further information

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

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Documents

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• 634974 25 - Role Description (Word, 1.40MB)