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addressAddressBrisbane, QLD
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Position status Fixed Term Temporary Position type Flexible full-time Occupational group Health - Children's Health Queensland Classification HW6 Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South Job ad reference QLD/H24CHQ543217 Closing date 04-Mar-2024 Yearly salary Fortnightly salary Total remuneration Salary Other Job duration Temporary for 18 months Contact person Tasneem Hasan Contact details 07 3310 9444

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Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

About Us

Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.

A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

We provide an integrated network of services through:

  • The Queensland Children's Hospital
  • The Child and Youth Community Health Service
  • The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
  • Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
  • Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.

Your Opportunity:

The position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker will:

Provide culturally sensitive mental health and social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander young people who present with severe and complex mental health problems in the forensic system, including those young people in the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre (BYDC) and West Moreton Youth Detention Centre (WMYDC). This role will support the implementation of the Indigenous Mental Health Intervention Project (IMHIP)-Youth research study. Services are provided in a variety of settings, including Children's Courts, Watchhouses, Youth Detention centres, Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Youth Justice Service Centres.

What CHQ HHS can offer

Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:

  • 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
  • 17.5% annual leave loading
  • Salary packaging
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Work/life balance, variety and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as 'Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.

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

Refer code: 1595485. Queensland Government - The previous day - 2024-02-29 19:27

Queensland Government

Brisbane, QLD

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