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Paralegal Officer

Queensland Government -
Brisbane QLD

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Job Details

4 days ago

Qualifications

Blue Card
Driver Licence
Communication skills

Full Job Description

As a Paralegal Officer you will:

- Provide administrative support to child safety officers and prepare court documents (eg. affidavits), in consultation with and under the direction of the child safety officer and/or senior team leader.
- Prepare court documents that demonstrate high level written communication skills, are well structured, objective, clear, concise and meet the required standards of both the department and the court.
- Competently access, understand and use information held in departmental information systems, in preparing affidavits and other court documents to support applications for child protection orders.
- Provide administrative support to senior team leaders in completing requests for information required for applications for child protection orders.
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with departmental legal officers to ensure that court documents adequately address legislative requirements.
- Work as part of a team to support child safety officers to meet rapidly changing priorities and ensure deadlines are met.
- Identify and promptly communicate key issues to the senior team leader that may impact on meeting designated tasks.
- Participate and contribute productively as a team member to form culturally appropriate, professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Participate and contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based.
- Contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies.

Your mandatory requirements

- It is mandatory to hold a Blue Card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency
- Possession of a 'C' class driver's licence

Your desirable requirements

- While not mandatory, a good working knowledge and understanding of legal and/or court processes would be desirable

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