Social Worker - Senior

Join Darling Downs Health as a Senior Social Worker in Toowoomba and help families navigate some of life’s most significant moments. Use your advanced clinical skills to deliver meaningful support, influence service improvements, and work alongside a multidisciplinary team committed to better outcomes for patients and communities.

What your day could look like

As a Senior Social Worker in Women's and Children's Services, you'll play a vital role in supporting women, children and families through complex and life-changing experiences. From delivering specialist psychosocial care to shaping better ways of working, you'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create positive outcomes across the community.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Delivering advanced assessments, interventions and care plans that strengthen wellbeing, safety and resilience
• Partnering with patients, carers, clinicians and community services to achieve coordinated, person-centred outcomes
• Leading quality improvement initiatives that enhance care and support evidence-based practice
• Mentoring colleagues and sharing specialist knowledge to build capability across the service

Let's talk about you!

You're a skilled and compassionate professional who can balance empathy with sound clinical judgement. You build trust quickly, remain calm in complex situations, and are motivated by making a meaningful difference for women, children and families. You'll feel proud knowing your expertise helps people navigate challenging moments while contributing to stronger services and better community outcomes.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and a recognised Social Work qualification
• Experience managing complex psychosocial presentations within women's, children's or related clinical settings
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring and service improvement capability

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have additional training or qualifications in domestic and family violence, grief and loss, attachment-based practice, or other relevant specialty areas.

Above all, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage, helping deliver care that makes a real difference every day.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless. 

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.  

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region. 

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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