The role of the Caseworker is to deliver culturally appropriate casework and counselling services that promote the safety and wellbeing of young people in detention, facilitate their positive progression through the stages of their period in custody and assist their avoidance of further offending and successful re-integration with families and the community.

Job details

As Caseworker, 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.
• Work effectively within a statutory environment and undertake direct interaction within a secure youth detention environment with a caseload of complex high risk young offenders. This will include serious and high-profile cases. This will involve dynamic security assessments and regular contact with young people in sections ensuring adherence to the security and safety of the Centre. 
• Deliver casework services to young people in youth detention to reduce re-offending using culturally appropriate, collaborative and evidence-based assessment and intervention skills, processes and programs including restorative practice principles. 
• Identify individual case needs, appropriate programs and services to address those needs and ongoing management of cases to ensure young people have maximum opportunities to address their offending behaviour.
• 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 and support the team leader with induction, mentoring/coaching and training of new caseworkers. 
• Act as a point of contact and work collaboratively as part of a team with range of internal and external stakeholders for the purposes of assessment, case planning and transition. 
• Prepare complex written reports, detailed risk assessments and other relevant documentation for high-risk young people. Complete comprehensive suicide risk assessments and actively participate in the suicide risk assessment process on centre for young people. 
• Co-ordinate and manage all aspects of young person's case plan whilst in custody and be the point of contact for case planning and transition and development of an individualised case plan for each young person. This will include active involvement in regular stakeholder meetings and various high risk offender
  panels.

Role Specific:

• You understand the impacts of historical and contemporary policy and practices upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You have a demonstrated ability to communicate and engage effectively, and with humility, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Officers are required to drive government vehicles as a part of their day-to-day work; therefore, it is a requirement that the applicant hold a current “C” Class Drivers licence.
• It is mandatory for the occupants of this role to have possession of a tertiary degree relevant to the role such as social work, behavioural science or social science, criminology, or other recognised degree.
• If an applicant possesses a degree that may fall into the category of “other recognised degree,” they are requested to supply, with their application, a copy of their official academic transcript along with a description of the subjects completed (this is usually available from the university's website). During the short-listing process, the selection panel will use the attached documentation to assess degree eligibility.

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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• 692272-26-Role Profile (Word, 522KB)