Official Visitor Legal

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Queensland Corrective Services Full time

MULTIPLE POSITIONS

In this role you will:

  • attend your nominated correctional centres(s) approximately once per month
- speak with prisoners to discuss their issues and concerns
- investigate and resolve these issues and concerns by interacting with correctional centre staff and management
- review prisoner safety orders and (where applicable) maximum security orders
- prepare brief reports on your complaint investigations and reviews

The skills required for this role are: - ability to relate well to a variety of people, including prisoners, correctional centre staff and management
- strong written skills
- desire to serve the community, empathy and impartiality
- ability to read and understand correctional centre procedures
- ability to travel to your appointed correctional centre(s)Applicants for this role must be currently admitted (or be eligible for immediate admission) to the Queensland Supreme Court as a solicitor, barrister or legal practitioner.
Current employees of the Queensland public service (including Queensland Corrective Services) are not eligible to apply. A virtual information session on the role of Official Visitor will be held during the advertising period.
Applications to remain current for 12 months

Job ad reference QLD/475900/23

Closing date:
Thursday, 30 March 2023This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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