Paralegal Officer

Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (Organisation site ) Child and Family; Region – North Queensland; Service Delivery – Child and Family; Aitkenvale Paralegal officers are based in Child Safety Service Centres and provide support to child safety officers across the region.

Paralegal officers may be required to travel between Child Safety Service Centres.
We are seeking a paralegal officer to prepare court documents (eg.
affidavits) and provide support and administrative assistance to child safety officers in preparing for court processes.
This includes accessing departmental information systems and accurately extracting key information for use in court material.
Job details Position status Position status Fixed Term Temporary Position type Position type Full-time Occupational group Occupational group Administration Classification Classification AO3 Workplace Location Job ad reference Job ad reference QLD/566600/24 Closing date 05-Jun-2024 Yearly salary Yearly salary $ $78951 Fortnightly salary Fortnightly salary $ $ Job duration Job duration until with possibility of extension Provide administrative support to child safety officers and prepare court documents (eg.
affidavits), in consultation with and under the direction of the child safety officer and/or senior team leader.

Prepare court documents that demonstrate high level written communication skills, are well structured, objective, clear, concise and meet the required standards of both the department and the court.

Competently access, understand and use information held in departmental information systems, in preparing affidavits and other court documents to support applications for child protection orders.

Provide administrative support to senior team leaders in completing requests for information required for applications for child protection orders.
Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with departmental legal officers to ensure that court documents adequately address legislative requirements.

Work as part of a team to support child safety officers to meet rapidly changing priorities and ensure deadlines are met.

Identify and promptly communicate key issues to the senior team leader that may impact on meeting designated tasks.

Participate and contribute productively as a team member to form culturally appropriate, professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Participate and contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based.

Contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies.

Mandatory Qualification/Requirements:

It is mandatory to hold a Blue Card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency Possession of a "C" class driver's licence It is highly desirable that employees are vaccinated against COVID-19.

NOTE:

Employees unable to comply with any future mandatory vaccination policy requirements of the Department may be subject to disciplinary action.

Whilst not mandatory, a good working knowledge and understanding of legal and/or court processes would be desirable.
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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