This is an outstanding opportunity for a tertiary qualified allied health professional to work in a small team to provide clinical support services including brief traumaticbereavement counselling and case coordination to people impacted by work-related fatalities, serious injuries, or terminal illness prognoses.
The role promotes the psychosocial needs of impacted families and considers linking with relevant stakeholders to maintain seamless referral pathways that aim to minimise the impact of secondary trauma and promote holistic psycho-social wellbeing.
The Specialist Family Support Officer (SFSO) works in a small team to provide clinical support services including brief traumatic-bereavement counselling and case coordination to people impacted by work-related fatalities, serious injuries, or terminal illness prognoses. The SFSO promotes the psychosocial needs of impacted families across various OIR departments and considers linking with relevant stakeholders to maintain seamless referral pathways that aim to minimise the impact of secondary trauma and promote holistic psycho-social wellbeing.
Working closely with the Investigation Liaison Support Officers (ILSO) who support families through complex investigation and legal processes, the SFSO reports to the Manager, Coronial Liaison and Investigation Unit (CILU) who has qualifications in social work or psychology.
Key responsibilities include:
- providing an initial, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and high-quality psycho-social assessment and intake response to newly bereaved and impacted families
- maintaining an ongoing case coordination response for more clinically complex presentations
- participating in team case-coordination meetings with ILSOs and the manager, CILU to ensure the delivery of the most appropriate response to the unique psychosocial context of each family.
- undertaking research and make clinical recommendations on contemporary, contentious, sensitive, and emerging issues within the scope of the role.
- preparing high level reports, communications, correspondence, and briefing papers with a clinical and psychosocial sensibility
- providing clinical, trauma sensitive focused advice on policy development, practice issues and the systemic interplay across various OIR departments and with broader government and non-government stakeholder engagement.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/562940/24
Closing Date: Wednesday, 29th May 2024
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