EMILY STEWART
Gold Coast
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
A/Court Team Leader
Gold Coast Youth Justice Service Centre
03.2024 - Current
- Provide timely advice and assistance on complex court matters in the Childrens Court.
- Provide supervision to staff in the use of evidenced based skills and processes associated with reductions in re-offending.
- Assist in identifying trends and issues in client service delivery and evaluating client outcomes, including performance reporting, to ensure coordinated local service delivery.
- Provide ongoing recruitment, selection, professional development and culturally appropriate supervision and leadership to staff.
- Allocate, prioritise and quality assure individual tasks in accordance with departmental procedures and statutory obligations.
- Develop collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to collaboratively achieve client focused outcomes.
Intensive Case Management Caseworker
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
06.2023 - 03.2024
- Deliver best practice statutory casework services to young people with minimal supervision using high level assessment and intervention skills to deliver integrated and culturally appropriate services
- Prepare and present information and evidence to the Children’s Court
- Engage with and establish partnerships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and service providers
- Undertake a range of record and information management tasks including maintenance of case records, preparation of reports, and data entry to ensure casework and accountability in accordance with policy and procedures.
A/Watchhouse Caseworker
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Working collaboratively with an internal and external team, ensuring a client-focus outcome is the key objective
- Working alongside the Queensland Police Service to navigate the rise in young people remanded in watchhouse across the state
- Providing support to young people in watchhouses and making appropriate referrals to services to assist with this
- Managing suicide risk and responding to watchhouse complaints
- Record keeping all engagement with young people and their families to ensure accountability
- Assisting the Principal Community Services Officer with tasks in relation to the cohort of young people who require a Multi-Agency Collaborative Response.
A/Court Coordinator
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Undertake comprehensive pre-court preparation and post-court documentation in accordance with procedures and court quality benchmarks
- Appear in the Childrens Court and make submissions on behalf of the Department
- Conducting pre-court interviews with young people to assess their risk factors and identify early interventions, in order to make appropriate referrals and consider material to formulate a court submission
- Preparing and writing various documents for the Children’s Court and Supreme Court, ensuring this is done efficiently and accurately to support best practice outcomes for young people in the justice system
- Liaising with a range of internal and external stakeholders, such as: Magistrates, legal representatives, police and community organisations, to ensure the most appropriate outcome for young people and their families are achieved in court
- Provide a consultancy role for departmental staff and other key stakeholders in relation to youth justice court related matters, including mentoring new staff and quality assuring material for court.
Caseworker
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
04.2021 - 08.2022
- Preparing and writing various documents for the Children’s Court and Supreme Court, ensuring this is done efficiently and accurately to support best practice outcomes for young people in the justice system
- Working with young people with all different risk levels, ranging from low to very high-risk offenders
- Ensuring statutory obligations are being followed when monitoring a young person’s compliance with court orders
- Record keeping all engagement with young people and their families to ensure accountability
- Working collaboratively with an internal and external team, ensuring a client-focus outcome is the key objective
- Implementing culturally appropriate and evidence-based interventions, to address a young person’s needs in order to reduce the risk of re-offending.
Transition to Success: Student Placement
Brisbane South Youth Justice Service Centre
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Aligning with a holistic approach to support young people in programs to enhance their social and developmental wellbeing
- Transporting young people to the activity organised by Youth Justice staff
- Exhibit pro-social behaviour and positive role modelling by engaging in practical activities
- Mentoring young people in attaining their goals
- Ensuring record keeping remained at a high standard.
Nanny
04.2020 - 04.2021
Veterinary Nurse
07.2017 - 01.2020
Education
Bachelor of Social Science (Double Major in Criminology) -
Bond University
2021
Certificate II Animal Studies -
Australian College of Veterinary Nursing
2017
High School Certificate -
St Hilda’s School
2017
Skills
- Team Supervision
- Attention to Detail
- Decision Making
- Risk Management
- Relationship Building
- Time Management
References
- Leanne Rooney, Manager, Logan Youth Justice Service Centre, 3094 7600, leanne.rooney@cyjma.qld.gov.au
- Michele Eather, Manager, Gold Coast Justice Service Centre, 3094 7600, michele.eather@cyjma.qld.gov.au
- Sharae Saunders-Ratcliffe, Indigenous Support Service Officer, Logan Youth Justice Service Centre, 0401 506 285, sharae.saunders-ratcliffe@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Timeline
A/Court Team Leader
Gold Coast Youth Justice Service Centre
03.2024 - Current
Intensive Case Management Caseworker
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
06.2023 - 03.2024
A/Watchhouse Caseworker
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
01.2023 - 06.2023
A/Court Coordinator
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
08.2022 - 01.2023
Caseworker
Logan Youth Justice Service Centre
04.2021 - 08.2022
Transition to Success: Student Placement
Brisbane South Youth Justice Service Centre
01.2021 - 04.2021
Nanny
04.2020 - 04.2021
Veterinary Nurse
07.2017 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Social Science (Double Major in Criminology) -
Bond University
Certificate II Animal Studies -
Australian College of Veterinary Nursing
High School Certificate -
St Hilda’s School
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