Court Coordinator
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**The Court Coordinator key responsibilities are**:
Undertake comprehensive pre-court preparation in accordance with procedures and court quality benchmarks including conducting and assisting others to conduct the necessary pre-court 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 post-court advice to young people, families/carers, stakeholders, and relevant youth justice staff as well as comprehensively completing post-court 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 decision-making.
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.
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.
**Mandatory requirements**:
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.
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.
It is a requirement that the applicant hold a current 'C' Class Drivers licence.
You have well developed knowledge of Children's Court processes and technical knowledge of the Youth Justice Act 1992, other relevant legislation, policies, practices, trends and theories relating to young people, families, the causes of crime and the youth justice service system to appropriately represent the Department in youth justice court proceedings. You demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of casework within a youth justice framework and a commitment to early intervention principles.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
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