Senior Health Worker

About the Team

The Forensic Child and Youth Mental Health Service is a specialist Program within the Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service and is also part of the broader Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service. Forensic CYMHS provides assessment and treatment services to young people with mental health issues and significant behavioural disturbance that have resulted/or place them at elevated risk of involvement with the criminal justice system. The goals of the Forensic Program are to promote recovery in children and young people with mental health needs and offending behaviours, increase community safety and reduce the risk of offending. Our vision is to provide high quality clinical care and reduce service inequity to child and youth forensic mental health consumers across Queensland.

About the Role

The role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker is to collaboratively deliver culturally appropriate mental health support within their community and HHS catchment to address the unique social and emotional wellbeing needs arising from historical trauma, cultural disconnection and social determinants of health.

The position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker is to: 

• Provide culturally sensitive social and emotional wellbeing assessments and intervention.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide culturally sensitive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families,
• Participates in the development, planning and evaluation of mental health services with a strong focus on the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers.
• Co-Leads and participates in supervision and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (HWF3, HWF2) facilitating ongoing monitoring and evaluation of professional practice development
• Collaboratively leads stakeholder engagement to improve service provision and coordination of complex care consumers.
• Actively participates and contributes in strategic meetings to represent the interests and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, youth and families.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.