Social Worker
- Provide support to individual clients in the Working Women Queensland Program.
- Deliver quality and inclusive services that impact clients and communities.
- Engage with the community to amplify impact and support sustainable practices.
ABOUT US
Basic Rights Queensland (BRQ) provides information, advice, advocacy, and representation in relation to social security, disability discrimination, and women’s employment rights. We partner with communities and services across the state to enable people to understand their rights, access specialist support, and create a fairer Queensland.
Our Vision: Basic rights for a just society.
Our Purpose:
· Providing high-quality, independent advice, legal services, social work support and community education
· Upholding rights to social security entitlements, freedom from discrimination, and social justice for women in the workplace
· Advocating fair and just outcomes for people experiencing disadvantage
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Social Worker in the Working Women Queensland Program at Basic Rights Queensland, you provide support under the direction of a Manager. You use your expertise to support individual clients and help ensure quality service delivery. Your work focuses on client service, including individual advocacy, brief, ongoing and group support to deliver outcomes for individual clients. You contribute to:
Direct client work - delivering quality and inclusive services that have a meaningful impact and are responsive to client/community need
Practice supervision - supporting processes and practices that comply with funding, accreditation and risk management requirements, and leading as part of a team that lives our values, focuses on performance, and has impact
Community/organisation - engaging with the community to leverage and amplify our impact, while supporting operational, administrative and sustainable practices
ABOUT YOU·
You are compassionate and client-focused, with a strong commitment to social justice principles, including an understanding of the issues which affect women and gender diverse people in relation to work.
You have experience providing appropriate and timely information, support and referral, short-medium term individual counselling and case management for women and gender diverse people who have experienced sexual violence, using a flexible, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and relational approach.
Your communication and interpersonal skills are excellent, with demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong and cooperative relationships, including liaising with agencies and other service providers
You have demonstrated experience recording client data accurately, maintaining high quality service notes and case work records
You have sound knowledge of the legal and social issues affecting women and gender-diverse people at work.
You have strong networks and relationships in the sectors supporting our priority cohort groups, including culturally and linguistically diverse people, First Nations people, young people and LGBTIQ people.
You have experience in a community legal setting, working with lawyers and other justice professionals.
You have experience designing, facilitating and evaluating community consultations and support group programs.
You have experience using creativity and co-design principles in client service delivery and the development of resources for priority client cohorts.
You have experience in applying a social work perspective to complex legal information in the development of resources for the community.
TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE, YOU NEED:·
Tertiary qualifications in Social Work.
A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the provision of counselling, support, casework and advocacy, reflected in a high level of knowledge and skills in responding to the impacts of intersectional oppressions and trauma.
A commitment to an intersectional feminist framework, social justice, equity and empowerment of diverse women and gender diverse people and communities.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships.
WHY CHOOSE BRQ·
Generous Enterprise Agreement based on the SCHADS Award with above award conditions and leave entitlements
Cultural leave for all workers, including additional entitlements for First Nations workers
Salary packaging and TOIL/Flex provisions
Brisbane City location. Travel and outreach may be required
Partial work from home and flexible work hours available
We value and celebrate the diverse whole identities of our workers at BRQ. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and culturally and racially marginalised communities, workers of all ages, people with disabilities and/or with caring responsibilities.
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