Caseworker
1 week ago
Key duties and responsibilities
- Restorative Justice Caseworkers prepare and facilitate a restorative justice process for young people, victims, their families, and community. This involves engaging with the people most affected by a young person's offending and assisting them to determine an appropriate response to repair the harm, reintegrate young people into the community and reduce re-offending. The role will include conducting conferences as an approved Convenor under the Youth Justice Act (1992)
- Contribute to a departmental culture that ensures sensitive and effective communication with people from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds as well as an appreciation of cultural protocols and an awareness of the impacts of historical policies and practices
- Work effectively within a statutory environment to manage the dual roles of monitoring young offenders' compliance with court orders and intervening to address issues that place them at risk of re-offending. Identify, liaise and maintain strong working relationships with relevant stakeholders
- Proactively work to reduce re-offending through the use of culturally appropriate, collaborative and evidence-based assessment and intervention skills, processes and programs including restorative justice activities. Work collaboratively as part of a team including a range of internal and external stakeholders, to achieve positive outcomes for victims, young offenders, their families, and the community. Prepare and present verbal and written reports to the Children's Court on behalf of the Chief Executive. Conduct pre and post court interviews, prepare quality presentence reports, affidavits, and other relevant documentation to support best practice outcomes for young people in the justice system. 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. Caseworkers have a range of statutory delegations under the Youth Justice Act 1992.
Is this role for you? Consider the Leadership competencies for the role.
To be successful in this role you will be required to demonstrate the following capabilities:
- Gathers insights and embraces new ideas and innovation to inform future practice. Makes considered, ethical and courageous decisions based on insight into the broader context. Builds and sustains relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of customerfocused outcomes. Demonstrates accountability for the execution and quality of results through professionalism, persistence and transparency. Pursues opportunities for growth through agile learning, and development of selfawareness. Maintains a high standard of practice through governance and risk management.
How to apply
- a statement not more than two pages that summarises your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies/capabilities and duties/responsibilities. a current resume containing details of 2 referees. At least one referee should have a thorough knowledge of your work over the past two years as your manager or supervisor
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