Jessy shares her inspiring journey toward creating meaningful change, and the pivotal role QUT played in shaping her path.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Justice, Jessy joined the Queensland Family and Child
Commission as an Engagement Support Officer, helping promote child safety across the state. The degree equipped her with practical skills in policy and community engagement, preparing her to contribute meaningfully from day one. Motivated by a lack of representation, Jessy chose justice to create change and inspire others to do the same.
Where are you at now post-graduation?
I work at the Queensland Family and Child Commission as an engagement support officer. I help support the wider Child Safe Organisations team in project work whether that is correspondence, supporting current goals or working as a team to promote safeguarding and prevention of harm to children in all of Queensland. Within my job, I engage with stakeholders, discuss best practice of safety for Queensland kids, add my perspective and input into statewide programs.
How did the Bachelor of Justice prepare you to enter the workforce?
A big benefit of the degree is how much the real world impacts what you learn and what you do, so that when you graduate and get into roles like these, you aren't set up for failure, but instead, you're very much set up for success.
The justice degree taught me that it’s not only the policy that underlines good facilitation and engagement but also hearing the voices of those that we're talking about. For good policy to happen, we need to go out and have those conversations with people, regardless of who they are or where they are.
Why did you choose this area of study?
I didn't really see a lot of representation in politics that looked like me; women, First Nations people, culturally different people. I am a big advocate of ‘you can't be what you can't see’. I didn't see people in those positions, so I wanted to start that journey. I think that's really what drew me to that aspect of social justice and the justice degree itself.
What advice would you give somebody who is interested in justice?
My advice for anyone who is interested in looking into the justice degree or currently studying it is, you can make change, no matter how big or small. The thing about justice is that it's a really big marathon. You can't change the world in a second however, the justice degree is a really great way to set yourself up with the skills to be able to go out into community and speak to really influential people to create change for the better of all people.
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