About this job
About us:
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to ensuring Queenslanders have the education and skills they need to contribute to the economic and social development of Queensland. The Student Child and Family Connect team are dedicated to supporting young people and families to maximise learning days for successful longterm educational engagement.
Your Role:
Using strong stakeholder engagement, cultural capability and relationship skills you will work with the key stakeholders of the Childrens Court, as well as community groups, families and young people. You will have a strong understanding of the complex needs of young people involved with the justice system, and be able to liaise with schools and alternative education providers to implement sustainable education outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
The Court Liaison Officer reports to the Director Student, Child and Family Connect to provide the following services:
- Liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders including Magistrates, Judges, Youth Justice Services, legal representatives, police, Community Justice Groups and community organisations, providing a departmental perspective.
- Build strong relationships with young people and families involved in the Youth Justice System.
- Assess the young person's enrolment status and liaise with them and their family/carers, their legal representative, police prosecutions, and youth justice staff to offer education assistance if required.
- Refer young people, including those with minimal required intervention, and those with high complex educational needs, to avenues for direct support/advocacy.
- Provide information related to a young person's educational history to the Courts.
- Act as a conduit in finding appropriate educational pathways in liaison with Youth Justice and Department of Education regions such as the Youth Engagement Hubs, Senior Guidance Officers, Principals, etc.
- Develop an education plan to support a young person to transition into a suitable educational pathway in consultation with the young person, their family, Child Safety, Youth Justice and other relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure privacy and confidentiality requirements are adhered to so that information obtained from young people and families and departmental information systems is used within legislative and policy requirements.
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to assist with young people's re-engagement in educational pathways.Collect and collate data in relation to the CLO role to support program improvement and supporting against strategic directives.
- Collect and collate data in relation to the CLO role to support program improvement and supporting against strategic directives.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.