Aboriginal Casework Manager

**Location ? Darlington with a requirement to work out of units accross the Sydney South East Sydney and Northern Sydney District.**

**Employment type ? Temporary Opportunity**

**We are also creating a Talent Pool to fill vacancies across - Sydney South East Sydney and Northern Sydney District.**

**Salary ? $120,859.00 to $124,258.00 pa + 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.**

**_This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only._**

**Your role**

In this challenging yet rewarding role, you will lead and supervise a team of Aboriginal caseworkers and work in collaboration with stakeholders to improve family functioning by providing services to vulnerable children, young people, and families.

**What you ll do**

You will manage, mentor and support these caseworkers in varied and possibly challenging circumstances. With your team you will improve outcomes for vulnerable Aboriginal children and their families, so we need your knowledge & experience to do this.

You will have the opportunity to:

- provide an Aboriginal perspective and advocate on behalf of Aboriginal people in the local communities.
- improve services to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, young people and families with a particular focus on preservation and restoration.
- build strong relationships with partner agencies both within the sector as well as other government agencies to support and strengthen families and cultural connections.
- use your cultural knowledge to help inform and shape service delivery.
- improve outcomes for vulnerable Aboriginal children and their families by using the SDM Restoration process and other tools to restore Aboriginal children to their families;
- empower your team to provide for the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal children through Aboriginal consultation, family finding, genealogy, cultural planning and other support services as required.

**What we re looking for**
- experience in leading and managing a team
- demonstrated understanding of setting up new processes and systems;
- confirmation of Aboriginality
- the ability to develop knowledge and links within the local communities
- a valid driver s licence
- Documented verification of Aboriginality.

The Department will accept proof of Aboriginality confirming the following:

- You are an Aboriginal person of Aboriginal descent.
- You identify as being Aboriginal; and

An acceptable form of documented verification is a Confirmation of Aboriginality? letter, provided to you by a local Aboriginal organisation that includes a common seal from that organisation.

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.

**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**

**Targeted Question 1** Knowledge from research and legislation is essential to help Casework Managers make difficult and complex decisions about the safety and development of Aboriginal children and their 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

**Targeted Question 2 **As a Casework Manager you will lead and manage a team of caseworkers who provide services to vulnerable Aboriginal 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


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**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.