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Social Worker Senior - Child and Youth Mental Health Service (Identified)
Logan Central and multiple Child and Youth Mental Health Service within Metro South
Empower First Nations Families Through Mental Health Support and Lead Culturally Safe Care for Children and Young People.
Permanent full-time opportunity for an experienced and passionate Social Worker – Senior (Identified) to join Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS). Deliver culturally safe, evidence-based care and therapeutic family interventions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families while working within a supportive multidisciplinary team environment.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP4 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS06683583 |
| Closing date | 19-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent full time |
| Contact person | Tealia Jacobs |
| Contact details | 0457150780 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As the Social Worker – Senior (Identified), you will play a key role in delivering culturally appropriate mental health and family intervention services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families within Child and Youth Mental Health Services. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, evidence-based care while contributing to service development, education and quality improvement initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Deliver comprehensive social work assessments, therapeutic family interventions and mental health clinical services.
- Provide culturally safe care, advocacy and consultation to support positive outcomes for First Nations consumers and families.
- Contribute to service improvement, quality initiatives, research activities and evidence-based practice development.
This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.
About you:
You are a compassionate and experienced Social Worker with strong clinical knowledge in child and youth mental health and a genuine commitment to culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
You will demonstrate:
- High-level clinical skills in social work, family intervention and mental health service delivery within complex environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with multidisciplinary teams, families, stakeholders and community organisations.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, clinical risk and complex care planning with a high degree of independence.
- Experience providing supervision, mentoring and support to clinicians, students or support staff.
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What we can offer you:
- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
- We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About Metro South Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS)
Metro South Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) provide comprehensive support to the varying needs of infants, children, young people, and their carers/families across the care continuum including the perinatal period. Metro South CYMHS covers the Logan, Beaudesert, and Redland catchment areas, and provides support across hospital, specialist, and community settings, and it made up of 17 teams/units in total.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.
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 for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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