Caseworker [Australia]

 

Restorative Justice Conferencing is part of the Youth Justice Service Centre, which provides restorative justice process and alternative diversion process across the Region. 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 persons 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). (Please refer to attached role profile)
The Caseworker (Restorative Justice) key responsibilities are:

• 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.
• 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.

Is this role for you? Consider the Leadership competencies for the role. (Please refer to the attached role profile)
Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

 

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