Current vacancies
Vacancies in the Specialist Response Service
Principal clinician (PO6, Rockhampton and Townsville)
As a registered psychologist, you will provide expert guidance for practitioners and service providers who deliver positive and active support services to adults with intellectual or cognitive disabilities who exhibit severely challenging behaviour.
Service Manager (AO6, Greater Brisbane - Wacol)
Your role manages and coordinates the delivery of services to adults with an intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit severely challenging behaviours and who are supported in emergency and crisis, forensic, and other secure accommodation arrangements.
Specialist Response Officer (AO4, Ipswich and Mackay)
Your role supports clinicians by coordinating input into the development of multi-disciplinary assessments for adults witha n intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit sevrely challenging behaviour.
Senior clinicians (PO4 and PO5, various locations)
As an experienced senior clinician, you will provide leadership and support within your team and engage other government and disability services to deliver best practice in behaviour support.
You will perform behavioural and functional assessments of people with an intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit severely challenging behaviour, and develop, monitor and review interventions and strategies for positive behaviour support plans.
Clinicians (PO3, various locations)
As an experienced clinician, you will perform behavioural and functional assessments of people with an intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit severely challenging behaviour and develop, monitor and review interventions and strategies for positive behaviour support plans.
Direct support roles (OO3/OO4 and OO6, Wacol)
Residential Care Officer OO3/OO4 search reference number: DSQ8594/08
Team Leader OO6 search reference number: DSQ8595/08
As a residential care officer, you will work with adults with an intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit severely challenging behaviour to enable them to develop skills in personal care and daily living activities, encourage their inclusion and participation in the community, and support them to plan for and attain lifestyles and futures that meet their individual needs, abilities, preferences and aspirations.
As a team leader, you will provide expert guidance, support and leadership in positive behaviour support techniques and active support principles for adults with an intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit severely challenging behaviour. You will play an active role in the servicing and support requirements for accommodation arrangements.
Senior Staff Specialist (Psychiatry)/Staff Specialist (Psychiatry) (L25-27, Wacol), reference number H09WM0253/H09WM0212 (Queensland Health website)
You will provide expert assessment and recommendations on mental health and related issues affecting adults with an intellectual or cognitive disability who exhibit severely challenging behaviour.
See www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/ for further information on this position.
Last reviewed: 30 July 2009