As a Paralegal Officer you will: * 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 * It is mandatory to hold a Blue Card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency * Possession of a 'C' class driver's licence Your desirable requirements * While not mandatory, a good working knowledge and understanding of legal and/or court processes would be desirable Applications to remain current for 12 months.