Disability Justice Coordinator

Department of Families Fairness and Housing; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Disability Justice Coordinator role supports people with disability within the criminal justice system by assessing and coordinating forensic disability supports, advocating across universal service systems and guiding clients through court, bail, parole and order conditions.

It aims to connect clients to interventions, reduce reoffending risk and enhance quality of life while improving community safety.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate support and services for clients in the justice system to reduce the likelihood of reoffending.
• Perform complex assessments, develop justice-based plans, monitor progress and referrals.
• Ensure care, safety and appropriate supervision per legislation and departmental standards.

Job description

THE ROLE

The Disability Justice Coordinator supports people who have a disability and are involved in the criminal justice system. They assess and coordinate forensic disability supports for a forensic disability client based on their needs, risks and goals and advocate for any other support they require through other universal service systems. The Disability Justice Coordinator supports the forensic disability client to understand the court process, conditions of bail, parole and/or their order and coordinates access to interventions to reduce their risk of reoffending and any behaviours of concern that contribute to that risk, improve their quality of life and support community safety. The Disability Justice Coordinator seeks to maximise the forensic disability client's access to the NDIS through advocacy and liaison with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), as well as secondary consultation with NDIS service providers to enable the person's forensic disability needs to be appropriately addressed. To learn more about the services and opportunities in Forensic Disability Services, see here: About Forensic Disability Services.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

• Coordinate support and services for clients involved in the justice system according to the allocation by the team leader by providing a comprehensive approach to decreasing the likelihood of the client reoffending.


• This coordination role includes complex and advanced assessments, implementing and reviewing justice based plans and reports, as well as goal-setting, monitoring progress, and referrals.


• Operate as required by legislation and departmental standards and exercise the appropriate authorities and legal delegations pursuant to relevant legislation and other specific delegations and functions. This includes the implementation review of justice related plans, programs and services and ensure an appropriate standard of care, supervision, safety and support is provided.

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This is an NDIS Risk Assessed Role / This is a Key Personnel Role. Staff appointed to this role at the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing may not commence in role until they have an NDIS Worker Screening Clearance and have provided this detail for recording. For more information on what this means, and all other requirements, please see the Position Description.