Aboriginal Assistant Manager

Division: Northern CPPYJ- Location: Gosford, NSW, AU, 2250- Req ID: 71422

**Aboriginal Assistant Manager -**

**Gosford Youth Justice Community Office,**

**Youth Justice**
- **Ongoing, Full-Time**:

- **Location: Gosford**:

- **Clerk Grade 8/9 Salary ($113,746 - $124,258 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**

Manage a multidisciplinary team providing service/program delivery that aims to the reduce re-offending of juvenile offenders and enhance their functioning and/or reintegration into the community and increase community safety.

This role is committed to building a workforce that better reflects the perspectives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities we serve.

**What you’ll do**

As part of the Gosford Youth Justice Community Office, you will
- Develop and maintain relationships with the Aboriginal community and key stakeholders to successfully deliver programs.
- Manage a team in service delivery and programs ensuring efficient allocation of resources and ongoing performance management and development of staff and identify opportunities to improve staff skills and capabilities that contribute to effective service delivery.
- Supervise staff in delivering intervention and facilitating youth justice conferences, including day-to-day discussions, formal supervision, case plan reviews and report approval to ensure good quality intervention, duty of care and support the organisation’s primary goal of reducing recidivism among young people who offend.
- Undertake Risk Assessment and Management to identify risk posed to the community by clients and how this can be minimised through intervention, supervision and risk management strategies and ensure the safety (physical and psychological wellbeing) of staff in the field and in the office.
- Ensure accurate record-keeping and data integrity of the CIMS system, to support effective planning, decision making and Quality Assurance process, contributing to the accountability and continuous improvement of the Unit.
- Work collaboratively, coordinate and communicate with staff, Area Manager and a range of government and non-government stakeholders on service delivery and best practice standards.
- Implement changes ensuring that decisions made at a management level are communicated clearly and with transparency to staff, to ensure staff are fully briefed on current actions and activities in the unit, create clear expectations, and encourage trust in leadership in accordance with Departmental policies, procedures, standards and best practice guidelines.

**What we’re looking for**
- Recognised tertiary qualifications (diploma or higher) in social work, welfare, psychology, criminology, education or related field or relevant experience.
- A current Driver’s Licence
- Current NSW Working with Children Check clearance.

As an Identified role, this role 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 and authorised by 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.
- 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.

**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.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply. You will need to attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum five p