Paralegal Officer

Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government is seeking a Paralegal Officer to provide administrative support to child safety officers across multiple Child Safety Service Centres. The role requires travel between centres and involves preparing court documents and affidavits under supervision.

You will use departmental information systems to support applications for child protection orders, collaborate with legal officers, and contribute to ongoing learning and quality improvements within a team.

Qualifications

• Possession of or able to obtain a blue card.
• Current 'C' Class Drivers licence is required.
• Willingness to travel between Child Safety Service Centres.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative tasks consistent with departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Prepare court documents (eg. affidavits) in consultation with and under the direction of the child safety officer.
• Prepare court documents with high level written communication that are well structured, objective, clear and concise.
• Access and use information held in departmental information systems to support applications for child protection orders.
• Support senior team leaders with information requests for applications for child protection orders.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with departmental legal officers to ensure court documents address legislative requirements.
• Work as part of a team to meet changing priorities and deadlines.
• Identify key issues and communicate them to the senior team leader.
• Participate in a culture of continuous learning and professional development to keep practice knowledge current.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies.

Job description

Paralegal officers are based in Child Safety Service Centres and provide support to child safety officers across the region. Paralegal officers may be required to travel between Child Safety Service Centres.Your responsibilitiesAs a Paralegal Officer you will:- Administrative tasks that are consistent with departmental policies, procedures and departmental objectives.- 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- Possession of or able to obtain a blue card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency.- Travel is a requirement of this position, therefore, it is a requirement that the applicant hold a current 'C' Class Drivers licence.Job Ad Reference: QLD/705868/26Closing Date: Friday, 13th November 2026This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.