Casework Coordinator

Casework Coordinator, Youth Koori Court

Location – Surry Hills

Employment type – Ongoing full-time role

Salary – $106,025 pa to $117,363 pa, plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

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

Your role

The Casework Co-ordinator is part of a multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for supporting Aboriginal participants in the Youth Koori Court to successfully complete their program.  You will get the opportunity to work in a therapeutic court setting, supporting young Aboriginal participants.  You will assist the Court to develop and maintain collaborative working partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, and other government and non-government service providers.

The Casework Coordinator helps young Aboriginal people participate in the Youth Koori Court process.  The role is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the delivery of support services by other agencies that have been identified to assist the young person complete the program.

The role sits within the Specialist Court team in Aboriginal Services Unit in the Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes Division.

What you’ll do

The Casework Coordinator works with members of the inter-agency Court Team in the case management of Aboriginal participants, facilitating referrals, co-ordinating service provision and advocating on behalf of participants.  You’ll need to work collaboratively with case managers and services involved with Aboriginal participants, to ensure their meeting their obligations to Aboriginal participants and provide advocacy when needed.

You’ll be required to participate in pre-court meetings to provide advice to the Youth Koori Court and interagency teams on culturally relevant interventions for Aboriginal participants, recommending strategies to assist participants’ rehabilitation and program completion. 

You’ll collaborate with Youth Koori Court team to share information, co-ordinate service provision in line with Youth Koori Court directions, referring and/or facilitating entry into available education, treatment, cultural support or rehabilitative programs or social welfare support services.

You’ll work in a hybrid environment, where you will be based in Surry Hills Children Court, as well as moving within the community as required providing support to clients across the Youth Koori Court footprint.

The candidate will be working primarily within Aboriginal Services Unit however will be working closely with the Youth Koori Court key justice agencies at Surry Hills for example Aboriginal Legal Services, Youth Justice, Police Prosecutions etc.

What we’re looking for & Essential Requirements

• Aboriginality - typically all or the majority of the work of an Aboriginal identified role will involve the development and or delivery of policy, programs and services which impact on Aboriginal people and or involve liaising directly with Aboriginal people and communities
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (diploma or higher) in social work, welfare, psychology, criminology, education or related field or equivalent experience.
• Current NSW Working with Children Clearance (only required if successful)
• A current driver’s licence (unrestricted) and willingness to travel between Parramatta and Surry Hills Children’s Courts.

In addition to the essential requirements above listed, we’re ideally seeking applicants with experience in supporting Aboriginal clients and their families with practical supports to address any barriers to their participation in, and completion of, the Youth Koori Court program.

The ideal candidate will have experiences working in specialist courts, children’s court and working with Young People. Will be Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander with a WWCC.

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons, Australia’s First Nations people.

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 a 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 the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. 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, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and answering the two targeted questions.

1. Casework Coordinator is often required to communicate with vulnerable Aboriginal people and their families to explain complex information during assessments, case planning or general community supervision. Can you provide an example where you had to communicate with Aboriginal young people and their families and what approach you used to explain the information and how did you know you were successful or not?
2. Casework Coordinator in this role is regularly required to work with multiple community based services and NGO’s (Non- Government organisations) to support Aboriginal clients and families within their agreed action and support plans. It is essential they are across what is available in their community and have a working relationship with those services. Are you able to explain your previously created a network of appropriate services in the community and how you have maintained a positive working relationship?

Applications close : Friday 29th November 2024  at 11:59 pm

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Dianna Newman, Manager Specialist Courts on 0491 213 691 or at: dianna.newman@dcj.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, please call Raji Subramanian on 02 86887146 or via rajalakshmi.subramanian@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

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