The department is committed to keeping Queensland communities safe. Everyone deserves a life free from violence & fear. We are actively tackling the complex causes of youth crime & addressing serious repeat offenders and ensuring our systems and services not only meet but anticipate the needs of victims. We do this by:

• Providing early intervention, statutory Youth Justice, and detention services to ensure that young people are held accountable for their offending behaviour. We help support them to become responsible members of the community.
• Providing trauma-informed support and resources to victims to ensure they can recover and heal, whilst ensuring the voices and experiences of victims are heard and respected.

Our programs and community partnerships preserve cultural connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to achieve positive life outcomes.

Job details

Targeted Vacancy

The role of the Clinical Practice Leader within the Youth Detention Centre is unique due to the oversight, supervision, mentoring and professional advice that is required to be provided to a team of Allied Health professionals. The Clinical Practice Leader has oversight of a team that may consist of: Speech and Language Pathologists, Registered Psychologists, Provisional Psychologists and Occupational Therapists.

A strong knowledge of developmental and cognitive assessments would be a necessary asset within this role, as the Clinical Practice Leader needs to ensure that high-quality, professional clinical services are delivered by the team to young people in detention. These services are required to be culturally appropriate and consistent with departmental policies.    

Key Responsibilities:

As Clinical Practice Leader, you will:

• Demonstrate cultural capability and/or a commitment to developing cultural capability to ensure an inclusive culture that aligns with the Human Rights Act 2019 and supports departmental programs and community partnerships aimed at preserving cultural connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Supervise a team of allied health professionals within a Youth Detention Centre to ensure the delivery of high-quality youth justice client support services and evidence-based interventions that are culturally appropriate.
• Provide regular supervision and performance development to team members;;quality assurance of work to ensure alignment to legislative requirements, departmental policies, practice standards and procedures.
• Maintain a contemporary professional knowledge of the relevant disciplines of Allied Health professionals within the team and provide advice regarding therapeutic interventions; assessments and report writing; and working within a secure environment. In addition, provide advice to detention centre staff about suicide risk management processes and correlating policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all members of the work team contribute to multi-disciplinary collaboration, planning and review processes with an emphasis on coordinated and integrated service response.
• Coordinate and deliver the implementation of discipline-specific training provided to detention centre staff to support their work with children and young people who have complex needs, including the topics of Neurodevelopmental Disability, Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Practice, Suicide Risk and Communicating with Young People.
• Provide specialised clinical practice advice and case management advice to internal stakeholders including the department's executive, interagency collaboration panels; and external stakeholders including: Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT), Queensland Ombudsman Inspector of Detention Services, National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Child Safety, Department of Education, Queensland Health and other agencies regarding the clinical care and management of specific young people.
• Provide specialised advice and consultation, in collaboration with Queensland Health, to detention centre leadership regarding the care and support of young people with diagnosed or undiagnosed disabilities, and/or mental health concerns.
• Participate as a member of the Youth Detention Centre management team and contribute to strategic and operational planning; policy development; quality improvement reviews; complex case formulations; key decision-making; and recruitment and retention activities.

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

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

• 685617-26-Role Profile (Word, 427KB)