A full-time employee, the normal hours of work will be 38 hours per week, between 9:00am and 5:06pm, inclusive of a
30-minute lunch break.
KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Legal Services
- Visit identified Child and Family Learning Centres (CFLCs) in a specific region and deliver timely and
responsive legal services and information to the clients and staff of these centres, providing high-quality legal
advice, information, referral, and secondary consultation services in relation to matters in both State and
Federal jurisdictions, ensuring efficient, appropriate and plain language service delivery, including preparation
of documents, forms and correspondence.
- Work effectively both independently and in a team to contribute to the achievement of the program and JHF
objectives, demonstrating a high level of interpersonal skills, specifically in respect of managing and
organizing workloads to consider the schedules of clients, nurses, early childhood educators, GPs and other
health and social service partners.
- Provide an integrated and holistic client service, working with social workers and financial counsellors to
address both legal and non-legal needs of clients.
- Assist to develop and co-deliver community legal education activities and resources, training and outreach
programs in line with the work of the organisation, working collaboratively with key stakeholders to deliver
these services.
- Assistance with research, preparation and presentation of law reform and lobbying submissions, working in
consultation with other staff and key stakeholders to prepare submissions with reference to Women’s Legal
Service Tasmania’s Strategic Plan.
Organisational Responsibilities
- Carry out the responsibilities of the position in accordance with the Position Description, the funding
requirements and the overarching vision, mission and values, policies and procedures and Strategic Plan of
Women’s Legal Service Tasmania.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including financial counsellors and social workers, to provide holistic
client services. Participate in regular case management meetings and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
- An ability to reflect on practice and to amend work practices to accommodate feedback, and exercise initiative
in a dynamic and changing work environment to meet funding deliverables in a creative way.
- Contribute to organisational reporting, including reports to the Board, funders and other organisations.
- Be responsible for your own administrative work. The administration team provides some administrative
support, however the nature of funding for community legal services does not enable full administrative
support.
- Demonstrate the competencies in accordance with Women’s Legal Service Tasmania’s Core Competency
Model. For reference, the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award
competencies for Level 5 are listed within this document.
KEY ROLE COMPETENCIES
Universal Competencies
Collaborative Approach
- Takes time to listen to and understand the perspectives of others.
- Uses language that demonstrates respect for colleagues and stakeholders at all times.
- Helps others consider new perspectives.
- Treats constructive feedback as a developmental opportunity.
- Welcomes the opportunity to discuss competing points of view.
Diverse and Inclusive
- Displays a willingness to engage with all people in a non-judgmental or non-discriminatory way.
- Demonstrates unconditional positive regard toward internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensures own conduct aligns with the values of WLST.
- Identifies and challenges behaviours that contravene the values of WLST.
