Senior Social Worker – Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Join a highly collaborative rehabilitation team delivering specialist social work services to patients recovering from brain injury. In this senior clinical role, you will provide complex psychosocial care, lead service improvements, and support the development of clinicians and students.
About This Role
As a Senior Social Worker within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based social work services to patients and families navigating complex recovery journeys. Working as part of a highly functioning interprofessional rehabilitation team, you will provide advanced psychosocial assessment, intervention and discharge planning while contributing to service development, clinical education and quality improvement initiatives. This role also provides leadership through supervision, mentoring and the advancement of social work practice within the service.
* Delivering complex psychosocial assessments, interventions and case management for patients with brain injury
* Supporting patient recovery through discharge planning and coordination with community services
* Providing trauma-informed support, counselling and advocacy for patients and families
* Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop patient‐centred rehabilitation plans
* Contributing to service improvement, research and evidence‐based practice initiatives
About You
You are an experienced and motivated social worker who thrives in complex healthcare environments and values collaborative, patient‐centred care. You bring strong clinical judgement, excellent communication skills and a commitment to continuous improvement in practice. You are passionate about supporting people with complex rehabilitation needs and contributing to the development of high-quality social work services.
* Strong experience delivering social work services within healthcare or rehabilitation settings
* Advanced psychosocial assessment, discharge planning and case management skills
* Ability to manage complex caseloads and prioritise effectively in a fast‐paced clinical environment
* Highly developed communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
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.
About Us
The Social Work Department forms part of the Princess Alexandra Hospital Division of Allied Health and Rehabilitation delivering a range of high-quality services to patients whose medical care and treatment is being provided through the Divisions of Surgery, Medicine, Cancer Services, Heart Lung and Critical Care, Renal Services and Rehabilitation. Social Workers are attached to a central Social Work Department with its own cost centre. The staff of almost 70 full‐time equivalents and 2.0 Administration Officers are allocated across eight social work teams: Cancer Services, Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Critical Care, Acute Surgery, Chronic Disease/Illness, Rehabilitation and Disability and a Vulnerable Patients Unit. A Clinical Educator is located within the Social Work Department.
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 better together.
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 apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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