In this role you will provide advice to management and staff on specific cultural and management issues pertaining to prisoners, contribute to their case and sentence management and consult with relevant multicultural communities and organisations to support family contact for prisoners.

Key Responsibilities

- Assist in case management ensuring that program referrals and cultural issues are adequately addressed during the sentence.
- Contribute to the sentence management function by attending prisoner inductions, parole interviews, prisoner reviews and assisting with transition arrangements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team to manage the progression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners through the correctional system, including the assessment of prisoners and the provision of reports to sentence management and qualified staff on the outcomes of those assessments.
- Liaise with prisoners' families, management and Queensland Corrective Services staff,



government and non‑government welfare agencies and service providers to ensure prisoners' individual, social and cultural needs are met.
- Coordinate Elder visits to correctional centres on a monthly basis and as required.
- Facilitate offender access to required legal services through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, including the management of visits and contact with the nominated legal representative.
- Contribute to staff awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner needs.
- Provide welfare services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders to ensure appropriate support is available during times requiring additional services such as family issues, leave of absence requests, medical services and hospital visits.
- Assist with the facilitation of prisoner criminogenic programmes targeted at addressing identified prisoner rehab

📌 Cultural Liaison Officer Identified (Mareeba Shire)
🏢 Queensland Corrective Services
📍 Mareeba Shire