Team Leader

at  Youth Justice

The role of the Team Leader is to work in consultation with the manager and specialist staff to oversee the day-to-day operations of the ICM team.
This position will supervise a multi-disciplinary team of youth justice staff to ensure the provision of high-quality intensive casework to young offenders, their families, and the community, with the aim of reducing re-offending.

• Provide supervision to staff in the use of evidenced based skills and processes associated with reductions in re-offending (including use of the case management framework, use of risk assessment tool, and providing targeted interventions including collaborative problem solving, pro-social modelling, cognitive techniques, and restorative justice).- Allocate, prioritise and quality assure individual tasks in accordance with departmental procedures and statutory, financial, and administrative delegations. - Participate in professional development and maintain knowledge of contemporary, evidence-based practice in work with young people who offend, including accreditation as required. - Oversee the suicide risk management process in the youth justice service centre.- Provide timely advice and assistance on complex matters to ensure the delivery of quality youth justice practices.- Participate as a member of the youth justice service centre staff and management teams and contribute to strategic and operational planning, reviews, and key decision-making.- Develop collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate cooperation on case related matters and restorative justice processes.- Assist in identifying trends and issues in client service delivery and evaluating client outcomes, including performance reporting, to ensure coordinated local service delivery.- Provide ongoing recruitment, selection, professional development and culturally appropriate supervision and leadership to staff.- Contribute to a departmental culture that ensures sensitive and effective communication with people from other cultures including 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.
  Interested in applying?To enable us to assess your suitability, your applications should include:
• Tell us about your skills: - Your current resume detailing your previous work or voluntary experience including two referees who have a thorough knowledge of your conduct and performance over the past 2 years, or an appropriate period, one of the referees must be a current line supervisor.- We will use your resume to assess how well you meet ‘What are we looking for’ statements.
• Tell us about you: - Provide a short statement (of no more than two pages) telling us why you are interested in this role and outlining what your motivation is to join us. - This should also summarise your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies/capabilities and duties/responsibilities.
  Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License