Manager Casework

3 weeks ago

Wollongong, Australia NSW Government -Department of Communities and Justice Full time

**Manager Casework**

**Location: Southern NSW - Bega & Batemans Bay**

**Grade 9 - $120,859 - $124,258 p.a. + super**
- **Up to $4500 in relocation costs.**:

- **4 weeks annual leave per year of service.**:

- **Generous salary packaging** **options and other fringe benefits.**:

- **Flexible work practices.**:

- **Opportunities for learning and development and internal career progression**.

**Your role**

Southern NSW District is looking for committed, compassionate, courageous and resilient leaders with a passion to empower people to improve the lives of children and families in NSW. The Manager Casework role is all-embracing, and it requires you to have a mix of knowledge, skills and values that will enable you to empower, mentor and provide strategic direction to a team of Caseworkers and Casework Support Workers.

The Welcome Experience in Bega connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

**What you’ll do**

As part of the Southern NSW District, you will monitor and establish daily priorities and resource allocations for Caseworkers. You will nurture high quality work encouraging a culture of best practise methods amongst staff to improve the life experiences of vulnerable children, young people, and families at risk.

Your day-to-day duties may include:

- Practising effective group supervision, leadership and individual casework coaching and feedback
- Client record compliance through effective review and feedback mechanisms; preparation and review input to legal documentation, briefings and correspondence ensuring responses are accurate
- Initiating court proceedings as the official applicant and providing support and guidance to caseworkers in matters such as appeal proceedings in District and Supreme Courts in a timely manner
- Ongoing professional development and collaboration across the agency and with community partners
- Contributing to operational and policy issues and change management strategies which support the agency goals and objectives
- Consulting with management on a suitable course of action in matters that are sensitive, high-risk or business-critical

**What we’re looking for**
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Welfare or a related discipline
- Experience leading and managing teams in complex and challenging situations
- A demonstrated understanding of trauma informed care and the impact poverty, trauma and violence has on children and their families
- Applicants must hold a current Australian Driver’s Licence.
- National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014
- Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

Download the role description

**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.

**Are you ready to join us?**
- Provide an example of when you developed a change in a team, what was your involvement in inspiring this change and how did it affect the team culture?
- Provide an example of when you delivered an exceptional result for a client/stakeholder what did you do, and what would you do differently next time.

**Applications close** - Wednesday 13th March 2024 at 11:59pm

**Got a question?**

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager:
OR

**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 our careers site.

**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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