Casework Coordinator

Division: Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes- Location: Surry Hills, NSW, AU, 2010- Req ID: 70897**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.

**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.

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.

**Download the **role description.**

**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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