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Specialist Services Clinician
Child and Family; Region - Far North Queensland; Service Delivery - Child and Family; Cairns
The Specialist Services Team has been established to ensure the provision of integrated and coordinated service delivery to children and young people in the tertiary child protection system who have complex and extreme behavioural, psychological, emotional, disability and mental health needs.
The Specialist Services Team will provide specialist clinical expertise and advice, undertake relevant assessments and make referrals, work in collaboration with service providers, advocate on behalf of children and young people within the service system, and provide support to Child Safety staff, families and carers to enhance the life outcomes for this vulnerable client group.
The Specialist Services Team will promote a culture which supports evidence-based, trauma-informed best practice.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Community Care |
| Classification | PO4 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/706213/26 |
| Closing date | 17-Nov-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Lauren Pla |
| Contact details | Phone: 4255 7127 Access the National Relay Service |
As a Specialist Services Clinician you will:
• Contribute to and maintain a culture of client service, high performance and the delivery of quality outcomes.
• Provide specialist clinical expertise and advice to the Director, Principal Specialist Services Clinician and Child Safety staff, families and carers.
• Build and sustain strong collaborative partnerships that promote and support the integration and coordination of service delivery.
• Identify and facilitate innovative and proactive strategies for the delivery of business and administrative systems and processes that support efficient and cost-effective solutions to deliver quality Specialist Services Team services and comply with legislative and/or policy and procedural obligations.
• Contribute to and maintain a partnership approach with regional staff and stakeholders to achieve a shared commitment to departmental and directorate policy and program outcomes.
• Identify and brief the Principal Specialist Services Clinician on emerging operational issues that impact on children and young people who have complex and extreme behavioural, psychological, emotional, disability and mental health needs.
• Contribute to the implementation of policies, procedures and practices in a regional service delivery environment.
• Work effectively in a ‘hub and spoke' model as part of a coordinated community of practice, using a consultancy and liaison approach to ensure specialist, integrated and coordinated service delivery to children, young people, families and carers.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/706213/26
Closing Date: Tuesday, 17th November 2026
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