Principal Advisor Family & Community Support
The Principal Advisor Family and Community Support provides high level advice to senior departmental staff on all matters relating to offenders' transitional needs, matters affecting their family and the wider community. Policy and procedural development is part of this position, dealing with comprehensive and integrated delivery of services, programs and activities.
The Principal Advisor also promotes and negotiates relevant research in this area, looking at practice standards, program & service evaluation and ways to improve integrated responses to families and communities affected by the criminal justice processes.
The Department's direct service staff require a range of professional support - administrative, program & service and clinical. The Principal Advisor Family and Community Support, in concert with the other members of the Offender Service & Programs Advisory Team, maintains, directs and develops clinical supervision to facilitate reflection on the process of service delivery, and so enhance the Department's service to both offenders and the wider community.
- Policy & operational standards are monitored, reviewed and developed.
- Professional advice is provided to senior departmental officers
- Programs & services are supported though participation in their review, evaluation & development
- Families affected by a custodial sentence are supported through assessment & referral, subsidized travel & accommodation, crisis support and linkage with existing community resources.
- Agencies, both government & not-for-profit, are supported in their service delivery by participation in community reference groups, training and joint research initiatives.
- The Department is represented to external agencies, academic institutions and community networks.
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