Court Coordinator , Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

This team will work alongside the Queensland Police Service (QPS) as part of Taskforce Guardian (formally Specialist Youth Crime Rapid Response Group (SYCRRG)) to provide temporary, concerted additional resourcing to youth crime hotspots to assist in increasing Youth Justice supervision, community engagement and coordination. This specialist youth team will be a highly mobile, highly agile specialist unit to provide support where it is needed most to focus on high-risk young offenders.
The role of the Court Coordinator is to represent the Director-General in Youth Justice court matters, provide advice and act as a consultant to other departmental staff in order to promote a high standard of departmental services to courts and clients.
Job details Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Justice & Legal
Classification PO3
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City
Job ad reference QLD/532535/23
Closing date 05-Jan-2024
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Salary Other
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Contact person Mazlin Latimore
Contact details Phone: 3097 7635
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Targeted Vacancy
Possession of a tertiary degree relevant to the role such as social work, behavioural science or social science, criminology or other recognised degree [see the Other important information section below regarding other recognised degrees].
Youth Justice provides early intervention, statutory Youth Justice and detention services to ensure that young people are held accountable for their offending behaviour. We help support them to become responsible members of the community.
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.
• Work closely with Queensland Police Service Taskforce Guardian whilst on joint deployments.
• 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.

Mandatory requirements:

• Requirement to travel: while the position is based in Brisbane city, applicants need to have capacity to regularly travel across the state for multiple days at a time. Further, as travel is a requirement of this position, it is a requirement that the applicant hold a current “C” Class Drivers licence.
• Possession of a tertiary degree relevant to the role such as social work, behavioural science or social science, criminology or other recognised degree [see the Other important information section below regarding other recognised degrees].
• Blue card: this role provides support services to children and young people and therefore will require a valid Blue Card with the organisation. Please refer to the Blue Card Services website (http://www.bluecard.qld.gov.au/) for further information.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.
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