The department is committed to keeping Queensland communities safe. Everyone deserves a life free from violence and fear. We are actively tackling the complex causes of youth crime and addressing serious repeat offenders and ensuring our systems and services not only meet but anticipate the needs of victims. We do this by:

• Providing early intervention, statutory Youth Justice, and detention services to ensure that young people are held accountable for their offending behaviour. We help support them to become responsible members of the community.
• Providing trauma-informed support and resources to victims to ensure they can recover and heal, whilst ensuring the voices and experiences of victims are heard and respected.

Job details

Targeted Vacancy

We will assess your suitability for this role by looking at what you've done previously - the knowledge, skills and experience you've built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.

As Resource Officer, you will specifically:

• Demonstrate cultural capability and/or a commitment to developing cultural capability to ensure an inclusive culture that aligns with the Human Rights Act 2019 and supports departmental programs and community partnerships aimed at preserving cultural connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Manage a caseload of restorative justice referrals including sexual offence referrals
• Manage and coordinate the restorative justice processes, with young people who have committed offences, victims and other relevant parties including referrals, identifying and coordinating participants and convening the restorative justice process.
• Manage the complexities and conflicts that may occur or arise within all stages of the restorative justice process.
• Assist in monitoring the suitability, feasibility of and compliance with restorative justice conference agreements.
• Identify appropriate support services for victim/s of offences, make referrals if required, and liaise with service providers, and counsellors, who may be representing or supporting the victim/s to participate in the restorative justice process.
• Ensure that written and oral information and advice to courts, agencies and other stakeholders is in accordance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and procedural requirements. Make external referrals to support services.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team, to achieve positive outcomes for victims, young people who have committed offences, their families and the community. This includes mentoring and assisting trainee conveners in their professional development.
• Identify, develop and maintain strong working relationships with relevant external stakeholders. This may include provision of information sessions as required for government and non-government agencies, stakeholders and other relevant parties.
• Proactively work to ensure the use of culturally appropriate, collaborative and evidence-based restorative justice processes that align with Youth Justice strategic direction.
• Actively participate in a range of continuing professional development activities to continuously improve your ability to contribute to organisational goals, including training and accreditation.
• Participate in reflective practice, including debriefing internal and external stakeholders, victim/s and other restorative justice team members.
• Contribute to a departmental culture that ensures sensitive and effective communication with people from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds as well as an appreciation of cultural protocols and an awareness of the impacts of historical policies and practices.

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.

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 677509-25-Role Profile (Word, 427KB)