Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. 

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.  

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role
As a Senior Social Worker, you will deliver specialised social work services within a multidisciplinary team based in a holistic service that specialises in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care. This role has a specific focus on supporting clients at risk of developing Chronic disease.

• Deliver advanced level Social Work clinical services on an individual and/or group basis to clients within the Inala Indigenous Health Service targeting chronic disease prevention, treatment and management associated with Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Respiratory Disease.
• Undertake high level independent Social Work interventions with clients with complex needs within the Inala Indigenous Health Service with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision.
• Provide professional social work leadership, knowledge, and skills in the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols that support the continuum of care engaging cross-discipline referencing where relevant.
• Provide high level clinical advice to professional and operational supervisors, relevant service managers and other stakeholders regarding service delivery.

How to apply
A person who is not an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role. Please provide the following information to the panel to assess your suitability:

1. Written assertion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent or provide documentary evidence attesting to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.
2. A short written response (maximum 1-2 pages, dot points acceptable) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to achieve the key attributes and responsibilities and meet the key skill requirements. 
3. Your current CV or resume, including two referees. 

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day. 

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives ( https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives )

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).