Youth Justice Worker

Description

Provide support and assistance to young people in the community, residential facilities and correctional settings.

Tasks include

• Assists with the implementation of education, rehabilitation and other programs to enable reintegration into the community
• Engages individuals in education and recreational activities through active participation, encouragement and mentoring
• Develops age-appropriate living and domestic skills, and helps establish healthy personal hygiene routines
• Engages with young people, conducts risk assessments, undertakes searches and monitors behaviours
• Helps develop positive family relationships, supports young people to be involved in their communities, and engages with employment services
• Understands the youth justice system, relevant legislation, processes and procedures, and establishes and maintains positive and productive working arrangements with a range of stakeholders
• Supervises detainees in transit between courts, prisons and other facilities