About Your Role
As the Social Work Consultant (Child Protection), you will provide expert clinical consultancy and strategic leadership to strengthen child protection services across Metro South Health.
In this role you will:
Lead a comprehensive review of child protection systems and governance.
Deliver gap analyses, strategic recommendations and implementation plans.
Provide expert advice on child protection legislation, policy and practice.
Develop governance frameworks that strengthen accountability and reduce risk.
Build collaborative partnerships across health, government and community sectors.
Prepare high-quality reports, clinical guidelines and executive briefings.
Engage with consumers, diverse communities and key stakeholders.
Influence system-wide improvements that enhance child safety and service delivery.
About You
You are a highly experienced Social Worker with recognised expertise in child protection, strategic leadership and service improvement.
You'll bring:
Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Extensive experience in child protection within complex health services.
Expert knowledge of child protection legislation, governance and policy.
Proven ability to lead large-scale service reviews and improvement initiatives.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement, negotiation and influencing skills.
Experience preparing executive reports, strategic advice and recommendations.
Strong project management and clinical redesign capability.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences.
Commitment to culturally safe, inclusive and family-centred practice.
A collaborative leadership style focused on achieving sustainable system improvements.
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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.
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 Metro South Health:
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
We are better together.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
