The role of the Youth Worker is to provide supervision and support to young people subject to a youth justice intervention. The Youth Worker is supervised by the Team Coordinator.

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.

Job details

Youth Workers have a range of statutory delegations under the Youth Justice Act 1992.

Key responsibilities

As a Youth Worker, 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.
• Deliver components of core programs, whilst working alone or in team settings to support and reinforce the Service Response Plan as developed by Youth Justice Caseworkers.
• Provide supervision and support to young people and ensure delivery of high-quality service in accordance with relevant legislative provisions, statutory delegations, departmental policies, procedures, and contemporary best practice.
• Consult and negotiate with relevant stakeholders including other government and community agencies, service providers and families on behalf of young people to design, implement and enhance their access to services, including support networks, in accordance with the young person's service response plan.
• Provide supervision and culturally appropriate individual and family support to young people to assist with their compliance with bail, court orders and reintegration into the community, in accordance with the young person's service response plan.
• Participate and contribute productively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team involving a range of internal and external stakeholders and service providers to achieve quality casework and case management outcomes.
• Develop and maintain knowledge relevant to the role, and actively participate in appropriate learning and development processes.
• Prepare and maintain accessible and clear case records consistent with departmental case management requirements, to assist service response planning and reviews, and attend these meetings as required.
• Assist the Program Coordinator/Team Coordinator in developing weekly rosters of work for young people subject to supervised orders and bail programs in accordance with the young person's service response plan.
• Conduct regular audits of service delivery sites and program equipment to ensure appropriate safety requirements are met and program activities are conducted safely.
• Participate in training and skill development to deliver services in accordance with best practice and contemporary youth justice.
• Demonstrate cultural capability and a commitment to developing cultural capability to ensure an inclusive culture.

VISION

Stimulates ideas and innovation:
Gathers insights and embraces new ideas and innovation to inform future practice.

Makes insightful decisions:
Makes considered, ethical and courageous decisions based on insight into the broader context.

RESULTS

Builds enduring relationships:
Builds and sustains relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of customer-focused outcomes.

Drives accountability and outcomes:
Demonstrates accountability for the execution and quality of results through professionalism, persistence and transparency.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Pursues continuous growth:
Pursues opportunities for growth through agile learning, and development of selfawareness.

Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces:
Fosters an inclusive workplace where health, safety and wellbeing is promoted and prioritised.

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.

• 690065 26 - Role Description (Word, 504KB)