- Identifies important issues for clients (e.g. mental, physical, social, occupational and spiritual needs) and collaborate
with other team members at Women’s Legal Service Tasmania to integrate support.
- Delivers a variety of appropriate interventions demonstrating a high level of knowledge and expertise.
Client focused
- Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships with clients and their supports.
- Seeks to understand service needs from the client’s perspective and ensures that the client’s standards are met.
- Seeks to understand how the client relates to their own culture/s and community and, where relevant, how the
client relates to the culture of their family.
Knowledge and application
- Provides care and support to clients within the boundaries prescribed by law and professional, national and local
requirements, and codes of ethical practice.
- Engages in reflective practice.
- Demonstrates an extensive knowledge of resources and services for information and referral of clients.
Outcome evaluation
- Invites and involves clients in providing feedback on services and in service planning.
- Demonstrates program effectiveness with data.
SELECTION CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN AN APPLICATION
Essential
1. Admission as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Tasmania or other Australian jurisdiction, and the High Court of
Australia. Demonstrated experience, preferably in areas such as workplace relations, crisis intervention, advocacy
for women's rights, or similar roles will be favourable.
2. Demonstrated knowledge of laws relevant to women in the workplace, including but not limited to employment
rights, workers' compensation, discrimination, and sexual harassment and the ability to advocate, negotiate and
liaise effectively on a client’s behalf in a non-judgemental manner, including an ability to develop effective
strategies to support clients and address their needs in a trauma informed way.
3. Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse groups,
including working collaboratively within a team environment, supporting colleagues and contributing to a positive
workplace culture.
4. High level written communication skills, including the ability to maintain accurate and complete client files in
accordance with Women’s Legal Service Tasmania procedures, and the ability to draft complex reports, collating
statistics to demonstrate program effectiveness and case studies highlighting client outcomes.
5. Well-developed organisational and time management skills and ability to set priorities and monitor workflow.
6. High level computer and system skills, including Microsoft Office suite, word processing, spreadsheets, databases,
email and calendars, and competence in Apple computers preferred.
7. Ability to work within and positively advance the mission and values of Women’s Legal Service Tasmania, including
a commitment to the social justice, equity, and empowerment of women, with an ability to drive innovation and
continuous improvement in service delivery.
8. Hold a current Tasmanian Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) Employment registration, and current and
clear National Police Check (no more than twelve months old) or ability to obtain.
Desirable
1. Some knowledge of integrated and trauma-informed practice, as well as a familiarity and understanding of the role
and challenges faced by the community services sector.
2. Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining community networks.
3. Full driver’s license.
