Senior Human Services Officer , Queensland Police Service

Senior Human Services Officers are Registered Psychologists and qualified Social Workers who work to reduce the risk of psychological harm and support wellbeing in the Qld Police Service by providing individual support and organisational consultancy services.

Job details Position status Permanent
Position type Flexible full-time
Occupational group Psychology, Counselling & Social Work
Classification PO4
Workplace Location Toowoomba region
Job ad reference QLD/458319/22
Closing date 12-Dec-2022
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Salary Other
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Contact person Samantha Sellwood
Contact details 0417 752 262
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Your Key Accountabilities will include:

• Provide professional, confidential evidence based short-term mental health services to employees.
• Provide professional advice to regional managers about the assessment, treatment, and workplace rehabilitation of individuals and work groups.
• Provide information and referral options to employees regarding a range of mental health and supplementary services as required.
• Assist in the design, development, and delivery of service-wide proactive mental health programs.
• Provide education and training to employees and managers on preventing and managing mental health issues.
• Provide strategic advice to regional management on mental health, critical incident and stress management programs and their implementation.
• Lead the provision of Psychological First Aid (PFA) in accordance with service-wide policy.
• Manage the Region/Command/Division's Peer Support Officer program.
• Actively participate in the 24 hour on-call emergency response service roster.
• Attend and participate in meetings, respond to correspondence in a timely manner, participate in state-wide projects and working parties, work as a team player as part of a multidisciplinary team, provide statistical reports and written advice to regional managers and the Manager, Employee Wellbeing, as required.
• Maintain professional practises in accordance with relevant professional codes of ethics and Service Policy.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/458319/22

Closing Date: Monday, 12th December 2022

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