Valuable legal exposure but management issues persist - legal help officer Victoria Legal Aid Employee Review

Interesting job, helping people, rewarding, no billables. Manageable work load. Everyone just acts busy. Lots of trining opportunities.

No billables are fun but if you have any issues you aren’t able to back it up with just praises you’ve received. No actual way to analyse growth and performance. Just need to go off manager vibes. If they like you you’re sorted but if they don’t, will make your life miserable. Lack of senior lawyers to provide guidance and support. Management is more concerned with the “appearance of the service” rather than anything else. Can be extremely clique. High turnover.

- Managers who are proactive about staff wellbeing - Constant checks on workload and capacity to prevent burnout - Support offered when workload gets too much

- Not all teams are as supportive - Some teams have a culture of working overtime