Senior Child Safety Support Officer , Children, Youth Justice And Multicultural Affairs

In this role you will work within a multidisciplinary team and provide high quality, culturally appropriate, child protection services to children and families serviced by the Child Safety Service Centre. You will also support colleagues and management in their service delivery through the provision of appropriate advice and information, particularly in regard to resource availability and ensuring culturally appropriate service delivery.
Job details Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Community Care
Classification AO4
Workplace Location Brisbane - North
Job ad reference QLD/538970/24
Closing date 01-Feb-2024
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Contact person Lissa Lyons
Contact details Phone: 3097 0500
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The Senior Child Safety Support Officer key responsibilities are:

• 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.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.
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