Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer - Mt Druitt

Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer

Location – Mount Druitt Community Corrections

Employment type – Temporary 35 hours per week with the possibility of ongoing) (Flexible working hours)

Salary - $97,027- $107, 059pa, plus super and leave loading (Clerk Grade 5/6)

This position is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only

Your role

As an Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer, you will provide advice and support to Community Corrections in the case management of identified offender groups in a culturally sensitive manner and ensure appropriate case plans and supervision is implemented consistent with CSNSW mission of reduction of re-offending.

You will also identify and build collaborative community networks and partnerships to improve the effectiveness of community program and services for identified people on supervised orders.

Community Corrections work with adults subject to court mandated orders. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners and seek to restore people’s dignity to promote agency and self-determination and to enable reintegration.

What you’ll do

The team is excited to welcome Aboriginal members with great cultural knowledge and/or experience to help make a difference and improve the lives of the diverse communities that we work with.

In this role, you will:

• Provide advice and guidance to community corrections staff on the scope of culturally appropriate interventions available to identified people on supervised orders.
• Work collaboratively with community networks and partnerships to improve the opportunities for identified people on supervised order.
• Liaise with community agencies especially identified communities to promote the aims of the community corrections.
• Provide culturally relevant information and strategies to support community corrections aims to enable successful reintegration.

What we’re looking for

We are encouraging applications from persons, who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities.

As we continue to build the diversity of our workforce, we acknowledge lived experience contributes to a perspective valuable to our work with the First Nations people.

While all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants are welcomed, preference will be given to those who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities and who meet the pre-established standards of the role.

Within the recruitment process, you will be required to show proof of Aboriginality – please see below for further clarification.

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons.

Where a position is identified, an applicant’s race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. Either will be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

·         is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and

·         identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and

·         is accepted as such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

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What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply. You will need to attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum five pages) and a cover letter (maximum three pages) with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role and answer the two targeted questions below:

Can you explain the involvement you have had when working with Aboriginal Communities to implement local programs, projects, or initiatives, please including planning, development, and implementation and what was the outcome?

Part of the role of Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer is to support local Aboriginal Community initiatives to improve outcomes for Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system.  Can you explain how you would do this?

Applications close Tuesday June 10 at 11:00pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Carly McMillan on 0491 901 569 or at Carly.Mcmillan@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Faith Timothy on 0497 142 953 or via faith.timothy@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience, and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers, and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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