OverviewJoin Darling Downs Health as a Senior Social Worker and play a pivotal role in delivering compassionate, high-quality mental health and social work services to adults experiencing acute crisis. Based at Toowoomba Hospital, you''ll work within a supportive multidisciplinary team to provide timely assessment, intervention and care across both the Emergency Department and the community. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day, contribute to service improvement, and help shape the future of mental health care in the regionall while living and working in the vibrant Toowoomba community.What Your Day Will Look LikeIn this Toowoomba-based role, you''ll be a vital and trusted presence for adults navigating crisis, providing skilled triage, assessment and evidence-based interventions wherever you''re neededwhether it''s the hospital emergency department or the community. You''ll collaborate closely with nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, allied health colleagues, consumers and their families to create clear pathways of care and ensure every person is supported with dignity and respect. Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you''ll mentor emerging practitioners, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and act as a knowledgeable resource on mental health and the Mental Health Act 2016. Your work will be varied, meaningful and deeply connected to improving outcomes for individuals and the broader Darling Downs community, all while modelling the values, leadership and professional excellence that define Darling Downs Health.Let''s Talk About YouOur ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:Compassion you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.Integrity you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.Dignity you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.Innovation you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.Courage you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.Why Us?Darling Downs Health''s (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 7,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.BenefitsCompetitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlementsA diverse work cultureCareer developmentProfessional development opportunitiesEducation opportunities, Study and ResearchPaid parental leaveEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Discounted Private Health InsuranceFitness PassportWork-Life Balance, Variety and FlexibilityGenerous Salary SacrificingNext stepsApplicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.Find out more about usWork with Us | RuralWork with Us | Toowoomba#WorkDDHHS #therightfitOccupational group: Health - Mental Health Clinicians #J-18808-Ljbffr
Job Title
Senior Social Worker