The role of the Team Leader Youth Co Responder is to supervise a team of professional staff to ensure the provision of high-quality, culturally appropriate services to at risk children and young people, their families, and communities with the aim of preventing offending and reducing re-offending.
Key responsibilities
As Team Leader Youth Co Responder, you will specifically:
Demonstrate cultural capability and/or a commitment to developing cultural capability to ensure an inclusive culture that aligns with the Human Rights Act 2019 and supports departmental programs and community partnerships aimed at preserving cultural connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Provide supervision to staff in the use of evidenced based skills and processes associated with reductions in re-offending.
Provide support to the team members, who will be providing outreach services in collaboration with the Queensland Police Service. This may include supportingresponses to critical incidents and complex situations, suicide risk management and complex situations.
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.
Provide timely advice and assistance on complex matters to ensure the delivery of quality youth justice casework and restorative 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 where required.
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. This includes liaising with services centre case managers, court coordinator and team leaders.
Provide ongoing professional development, 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.
Work collaboratively with police to provide and after-hours outreach response to identify alternatives to arrest and custody for young people.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/680544/26
Closing Date: Friday, 13th March 2026This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.