Casework Manager

3 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Northern CPPYJ Full time

**Talent Pool Creation**

**Western Sydney Nepean Blue Mountains District**

**Location - Various locations in the Western Sydney Nepean Blue Mountains District**

**Salary - $116,211.00 to 119,479.00 per annum plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading per year of service**

**Your role**

The role of Casework Manager is all-embracing, it requires you to have an indispensable 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. Your role will make a difference to improve the life experiences of children, young people and families.

**What you’ll do**

As part of the Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains (WSNBM) District, you will be responsible for delivering the agency’s core functions and services to vulnerable children, young people and their families

The primary functions of this role are to;
- **INSPIRE**: Lead, coach, mentor and empower your team to deliver concerted casework that respects the culture and context of every person we support
- **DEVELOP**: Create a team culture of continuous learning and professional development, ensuring practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based
- **RESPOND**: Make judgements on risk and client allocation in complex and challenging situations and ensure a high standard of service is provided to children and families
- **PREPARE**: Prepare and review legal documentation, briefings and correspondence on care and protection issues
- **COLLABORATE**: Contribute to operational issues and change management strategies to support the agencies goals and objectives

**What we’re looking for**
- Extensive experiences working with children, young people and families in a child protection context
- Knowledge of the Child Protection sector, relevant legislation, regulations, standards and industry trends
- Leadership and management experience including management of workplace culture, performance management and effective people management
- Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Welfare or a related discipline
- A current valid driver’s licence
- A Working with Children clearance (prior to commencement in the role)
- 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
- It is an essential requirement of the role that successful applicants are fully vaccinated and able to provide acceptable proof of vaccination status.

Download the role description

**In return for your commitment, dedication and passion, DCJ offers**:

- Attractive base salary range $116,211 pa - $119,479 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- 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

**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?**
- Knowledge from research and legislation is essential to help Casework Managers make difficult and complex decisions about the safety and development of children and families. Please describe a time where it was critical for you to refer to research and legislation in order to make a decision. What process did you go through and what was the result?
- As a Casework Manager you will lead and manage a team of caseworkers who provide services to vulnerable children, young people and their families. Please describe how you have/would set performance expectations for a team and lead them to achieve these expectations.

**Got a question?**

**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 will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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