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Senior Child Safety Support Officer
Child and Family; Region – Southeast; Service Delivery – Child and Family; Beenleigh
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
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Community Care |
| Classification | AO5 |
| Workplace Location | Logan - Beaudesert |
| Job ad reference | QLD/701099/26 |
| Closing date | 30-Sep-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Melissa Hill |
| Contact details | Phone: 3094 7000 Access the National Relay Service |
Your Responsibilities:
As a Senior Child Safety Officer you will:
- Effectively and positively engage with children, families, carers and service providers (including both government and non-government agencies) as required to support children and parents to meet their identified case plan goals.
- Provide individualised, high quality, and culturally appropriate supports to children and families subject to tertiary child protection intervention including, but not limited to; facilitation of positive family connection, referrals and advocacy for services, parent coaching and support of transition from care plans.
- Work collaboratively with key stakeholders, children and parents to support the establishment and strengthening of effective safety and support networks, including connection to extended family and community.
- Provide high quality, comprehensive casework support and advice to assist in informing decisions about the safety and protective needs of children where complex child protection concerns are present.
- Participate effectively as a team member in a multidisciplinary team to deliver well-planned family support services to vulnerable children and families.
- Actively contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development, to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based.
- Prepare and maintain quality case records in accordance with departmental case management requirements.
- Provide project and administrative support to individual teams and the Child Safety Service Centre (CSSC), contributing to the delivery of local initiatives, business improvement activities and operational priorities as arranged with the Manager.
Further information
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