Overview
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Senior Child Safety Officers are responsible for ensuring the safety, belonging and wellbeing of all children and young people in the child protection process. The Senior Child Safety Officer (SCSO) delivers statutory child protection services including assessment, intervention, casework, and case management for complex cases. The SCSO works in accordance with legislation, practice guidelines and a strength-based framework, and will co-work with Child Safety Officers and Child Safety Support Officers on complex and sensitive cases. This role provides mentoring and support to develop the skills and knowledge of newly appointed and less experienced Child Safety Officers and Child Safety Support Officers.
As a Senior Child Safety Officer, you will:
- Deliver accountable and collaborative integrated child protection services for complex and sensitive cases in a manner that respects the culture and context of each child, young person, family and community in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, statutory responsibilities, and the child protection framework for practice.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, including children, young people and their families, NGOs, service providers, medical professionals, police and others to provide high quality strength-based child protection practice.
- Participate and contribute productively as a team member to form culturally appropriate, qualified working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, including children, young people and families, NGOs, and other service providers.
- Foster a culture of quality frontline service delivery based on collaboration, commitment to excellence and professional ethics.
- Maintain high-quality case records in accordance with departmental case management requirements. Prepare and support less experienced officers to prepare quality case management reports.
- Participate in a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence based.
- Draw on professional practice experience to provide coaching and mentoring to new and less experienced officers and to Child Safety Support Officers by providing support, advice and demonstrating quality practice to develop their skills and knowledge.
- Develop and contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies.
Your Mandatory Requirements
- Possession of a degree in social work, human services, the behavioral sciences or legal studies from a recognized tertiary institution.
- It is mandatory for Senior Child Safety Officers to hold a Blue Card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency.
- Possession of a valid C class driver's licence.
How You'll Be Assessed
The department is seeking to identify the most suitable person for this position. We will consider your demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience relevant to the key responsibilities of the position, along with your demonstrated personal attributes, and may also consider your potential contributions to the department's equity and diversity objectives. Our selection panel considers this position an individual contributor within the Queensland Public Service Leadership competencies framework and will be looking for demonstrated capability within your application.
How To Apply
To enable us to assess your application, please submit the following via
- Resume and minimum of 2 referees including their email addresses. At least one referee should have thorough knowledge of your work over the past two years as your manager or supervisor.
- a statement not more than two pages that summarizes your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies and duties/responsibilities of the position.
Applications remain current for 12 months.
Additional Information
- Occupational group: Community Care
- Seniority level: Not Applicable
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Management and Manufacturing
- Industries: Government Administration
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📌 Senior Child Safety Officer
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane City