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Youth Justice Worker resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what youth justice workers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most youth justice workers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Youth Justice Worker with experience supervising young people in custody and community settings. Skilled in risk and needs assessment, case planning and connecting young people with education, health and family support. Committed to rehabilitation and community safety through trauma-informed practice and strong stakeholder collaboration.
Key skills
- Casework and client support
- Counselling and support work
- Community engagement
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk and internal controls
- ICMS (Integrated Client Management System)
- CRIS (Client Relationship Information System)
- Microsoft Office
- Outlook
- Excel
- Written communication
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Managed a caseload of 18 young people on community-based orders, conducting regular home visits and school liaison to monitor compliance and wellbeing.
- Developed and reviewed individual case plans in collaboration with courts, families and support services, reducing breach rates across the caseload.
- Facilitated rehabilitation and education programs in a custodial setting, improving engagement and reducing incident reports over a six-month period.
- Completed risk and needs assessments within required timeframes, using ICMS and CRIS to maintain accurate records and inform case decisions.
- Liaised with police, schools and community agencies to coordinate support for young people transitioning back into the community.
Education
Typically a Bachelor degree in social work, psychology, criminology or youth work, or a Diploma of Youth Justice or Community Services. Some workers enter with a Certificate IV in Youth Justice and complete further study while working.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Working with Children Check
- National Police Check
- Youth Justice Act
- Children, Youth and Families Act
- case management
- risk assessment
- trauma-informed practice
- restorative justice
- court liaison
- behaviour management
- crisis intervention
- report writing
- stakeholder engagement
- ICMS
- CRIS
- Department of Justice
- Community Corrections
- client support
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.