Caseworkers provide professional intervention to young offenders subject to youth justice intervention, with the aim of reducing re-offending.

Job details

As a Caseworker, you will specifically:

• Work effectively within a statutory environment to manage the dual roles of monitoring young offenders' compliance with court orders and intervening to address issues that place them at risk of re-offending.
• Proactively work to reduce re-offending through the use of culturally appropriate, collaborative and evidence-based assessment and intervention skills, processes and programs including restorative justice activities.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team including a range of internal and external stakeholders, to achieve positive outcomes for victims, young offenders, their families and the community.
• Prepare and present verbal and written reports to the Children's Court on behalf of the Chief Executive. Conduct pre and post court interviews, prepare quality presentence reports, affidavits, and other relevant documentation to support best practice outcomes for young people in the justice system.
• Undertake record keeping and information management tasks to ensure accountability.
• Actively participate in a range of continuing professional development activities to continuously improve your ability to contribute to organisational goals, including training, supervision, and relevant accreditation.

To enable us to assess your suitability, your applications should include:

1. Tell us about your skills:
• Your current resume detailing your previous work or voluntary experience including two referees who have a thorough knowledge of your conduct and performance over the past 2 years, or an appropriate period, and one of the referees must be a current line supervisor.
• We will use your resume to assess how well you meet ‘What are we looking for' statements.

2. Tell us about you:
• Provide a short statement (of no more than two pages) telling us why you are interested in this role and outlining what your motivation is to join us.
• This should also summarise your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies/capabilities and duties/responsibilities.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

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• 642069 25 - Role Description (Word, 566KB)