Social Worker - Brisbane, Australia - Education

Education

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Brisbane, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

About the Role:

Your Opportunity:

The Wellbeing Workforce in the South East Region is a growing team passionate about helping students from Prep to Year 12 with their mental health needs.

We work with students to connect, engage, and support them to maximise their education outcomes.

The Wellbeing Workforce Social Worker will:

Implement strategies to improve student non-attendance, school refusal, and address the personal and academic impacts of suspension and exclusion.
Help students and parents/ carers to navigate the welfare systems and access relevant support.
Provide a holistic approach in recognising barriers for students, and families, in engaging in education.
Provide professional social welfare assessments, interventions, and follow up support.

About You:

To be successful in this position you will require:

Tertiary degree in Social Work with AASW registration eligibility
Current Blue Card, or willing to obtain prior to commencement
Driver Licence
Declaration of serious discipline history must be disclosed

Benefits:

Flexible work options
Salary Packaging
Diverse Work Culture
Up to 12.75% super
17.5% leave loading

For further information Click HereAbout Logan:

Situated between the City of Brisbane and the City of the Gold Coast, and bordering the Scenic Rim Region, City of Ipswich, and Redland City, Logan City is a large region divided into 70 suburbs and has a large population of over 327,000 people and 217 different cultures.

The Logan area includes 40 primary schools, 2 alternative learning centres, 2 special schools and 14 high schools, and has the largest state school in Australia.

Our Logan City schools support over 40,831 students.

About Redlands:
Redland City, better known as the Redlands, spread along the southern coast of Moreton Bay. Redlands has 12 mainland suburbs and 12 island suburbs, including the well-known Stradbroke Island.

The Redlands has a population of over 156,00 people, and has 1 P-12 school, 1 special school, 19 primary schools, 4 high schools and 1 TAFE, which support over 15,247 students.

About the Scenic Rim:

Set in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, the Scenic Rim is a thriving rural paradise.

The region borders Gold Coast City, Logan City, Ipswich City, Lockyer Valley Region, Southern Downs Region, Tenterfield Shire, Kyogle Shire and Tweed Shire and covers 425sq kilometres.

The Scenic Rim has a population of over 42,000 people, and has a total of 24 schools, including primary and high schools.

How to Apply:

Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).
Attach a 2page written statement in response to the attached role description.

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.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.