OSCA 411732: Youth Justice Worker
Supports young people in a correctional setting to improve their education and work skills, maintain family links, and assist them with integration into the community. This record sits in Youth Support Workers. Related ANZSIC industry links are included for faster classification cross-checking. Skill level 2 is attached to this occupation record.
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Role overview
Supports young people in a correctional setting to improve their education and work skills, maintain family links, and assist them with integration into the community.
Use this page to confirm the official title, the parent unit group, the task list and the related ANZSIC industry context before using the occupation in classification, reporting or migration-adjacent workflows.
Occupation facts
- Skill level
- 2
- Major group
- 4 Community and Personal Service Workers
- Sub-major group
- 41 Community and Welfare Support Workers
- Minor group
- 411 Community and Welfare Support Workers
- Unit group
- 4117 Youth Support Workers
Tasks
- Assists with the implementation of education, rehabilitation and other programs to enable reintegration into the community
- Engages individuals in education and recreational activities through active participation, encouragement and mentoring
- Develops age-appropriate living and domestic skills, and helps establish healthy personal hygiene routines
- Engages with young people, conducts risk assessments, undertakes searches and monitors behaviours
- Helps develop positive family relationships, supports young people to be involved in their communities, and engages with employment services
- Understands the youth justice system, relevant legislation, processes and procedures, and establishes and maintains positive and productive working arrangements with a range of stakeholders
- Supervises detainees in transit between courts, prisons and other facilities
Skill level guidance
Skill level helps place the occupation inside the ABS hierarchy. Use it as a classification cue, then check the actual task list and occupational context before making a decision for HR, visa or reporting work.
How to use this occupation page
Start with the official OSCA title and task list. Then confirm the parent unit group and compare the related occupations on this page if the job title is broad, overlapping or used differently across employers.
The ANZSIC links are there to help when the same occupation appears across several industries and you need the business-side classification as well.
Related occupations
Industry context
Alternative titles
- Youth Correctional Officer
- Youth Custodial Officer
- Youth Justice Officer
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Compare OSCA 411732 with related occupations
Compare roles in the same OSCA unit group by their official definition, skill level, tasks and recognised alternative titles.
| Comparison point | Current code411732 Youth Justice Worker | 411731 Residential Youth Worker | 411733 Youth Worker |
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| Official role definition | Supports young people in a correctional setting to improve their education and work skills, maintain family links, and assist them with integration into the community. | Provides care and supervision for children and young people living in residential facilities, such as group homes. | Assists young people as individuals or groups to solve social, emotional and financial problems in an agency framework. |
| Skill level | Skill Level 2 | Skill Level 2 | Skill Level 2 |
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| Alternative titles |
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Comparison uses occupation definitions, skill levels, tasks and title variants from the ABS OSCA data files.
Compliance risk score
4 of 4 factors passing
In this section
Frequently asked questions
What does OSCA 411732 do?
Youth Justice Worker is the current ABS occupation record used to describe a specific occupation. It sits in the OSCA hierarchy and carries skill-level context plus related titles and tasks.
How should I read the skill level?
The skill level tells you the educational or training depth that the ABS associates with the occupation. It is a classification signal, not a salary band or a qualification checklist on its own.
Why is industry context shown on an occupation page?
Industry context helps when the title is common or ambiguous. It shows where the occupation is typically employed so you can compare it with the right ANZSIC family.
Source and trust
- Official source
- ABS OSCA 2024 release and correspondence tables
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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