About the School
Yarrabah State School is a culturally rich Prep-Year 10 school located in the Yarrabah community, south-east of Cairns. The school provides inclusive, culturally responsive learning with a strong focus on student wellbeing, engagement and achievement, supporting pathways into further education, training and employment.
About the Role
Responsibilities include:
Provide professional mental health and social welfare assessment, interventions and follow up support to students and families as required, including provision of services for schools with complex needs.
Provide leadership and demonstrate high levels of expertise in specific or specialised clinical areas to social workers, in collaboration with regional and school management teams, to promote the delivery of safe, effective, high quality social work services.
Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within an educational setting, providing support to school, communities, regional teams and inter-agency networks relevant to the position's role and facilitate coordination of internal and external support and services for students experiencing mental health and social/emotional concerns.
Support delivery and continual improvement of social work services in schools by reviewing policies, operational standards and procedures, evaluating service provision and programs as well as providing advice and recommendations to the Senior Advisor, Social Work about alternative models of delivering and resourcing.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
A mandatory requirement of this role is:
Possession of tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Interested? To Apply:
Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
Attach a 2-page response to the Leadership Competencies section of the attached role description
Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.<space>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
