Court Coordinator - Logan City, Australia - Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

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Logan City, Australia

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Key responsibilities:

Undertake comprehensive precourt preparation in accordance with procedures and court quality benchmarks including conducting and assisting others to conduct the necessary precourt interviews. Conduct assessments of risk factors, identify early intervention opportunities, make appropriate referrals and consider written material to formulate confident court submissions. Liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders including Magistrates, Judges, legal representatives, police, Community Justice Groups and community organisations to ensure the provision of quality court services and further quality outcomes/ actions for young people and their families/carers. Provide postcourt advice to young people, families/carers, stakeholders and relevant youth justice staff as well as comprehensively completing postcourt documentation and case notes. Maintain office systems and contribute to the development of new systems in relation to court matters to ensure the efficient management of court appearances, timely recording of outcomes and monitoring of trends and issues. Participate as a member of the youth justice service centre management team and contribute to strategic and operational planning, reviews and key decisionmaking. Provide a consultancy role for departmental staff and other key stakeholders in relation to youth justice court related matters, including mentoring and coaching relevant staff, participating in the delivery of local training initiatives and quality assuring material for court. Undertake professional casework and restorative justice tasks and activities as required. 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 processes.

Mandatory qualifications:

Possession of a tertiary degree relevant to the role such as social work, behavioural science or social science, criminology, legal studies or other recognised degree. [See the Other important information section below regarding other recognised degrees]. One of the referees should be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who can attest to the applicant's background, knowledge, skills and experience as they relate to the cultural capabilities. Travel is a requirement of this position, therefore, it is a requirement that the applicant hold a current 'C' Class Drivers licence. Court Coordinators are required to be available to be rostered to attend Childrens Courts convened on Saturdays and public holidays. It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID19 in accordance with the Chief Health Officer COVID19 Vaccination Requirements for Workers in a highrisk setting Direction and the department's Mandatory COVID19 Vaccination policy.

You will be required to provide one of the following types of documentation for the hiring manager to sight before an offer of employment will be made:

COVID-19 digital certificate

- your immunisation history statement
- an International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate for overseas travel. an International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate for overseas travel.

This only applies to roles outlined in Schedule 1 of the Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination policy who are employed or required to attend a high-risk setting.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.
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