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About the Role

Aboriginal Permanency Coordinators serve as permanency consultants, advocates, and advisors to DCJ and Permanency Support Program (PSP) Service Provider staff. They foster a culture that prioritizes relational, physical, cultural, and legal permanency for children and young people, aiming to deliver better, more responsive, and culturally sensitive programs and services.

Responsibilities

• Consult on and review permanency options for children in statutory out-of-home care.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships to support the Aboriginal Case Management Policy.
• Communicate respectfully and culturally appropriately with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.
• Utilize innovative solutions tailored to individual needs to achieve permanency within set timeframes.
• Provide advocacy to ensure DCJ, PSP Service Providers, NGOs, and government agencies meet their accountabilities.
• Identify practice and service gaps and collaborate with DCJ Commissioning and Planning teams and agencies to build capacity.
• Support restoration as the preferred permanency outcome.
• Provide practical field permanency support as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in child protection or out-of-home care (DCJ or NGO).
• Current driver's licence.
• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science Welfare or related discipline with a commitment to ongoing professional development (not essential for Aboriginal targeted roles).
• Must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, identify as such, and be accepted by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
• Provide Confirmation of Aboriginality form or written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations.
• Appointments are subject to reference checks and pre-employment checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check clearance.

Skills

• Collaboration
• Influence
• Negotiation
• Advocacy
• Relationship building
• Cultural sensitivity
• Problem-solving
• Adaptability

Location

• Western Sydney
• Nepean
• Blue Mountains
• Sydney
• South Eastern
• Northern Sydney

Work Type

• Full-time
• Ongoing
• Temporary

Experience Level

• Minimum 2 years experience

Education Level

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science Welfare or related discipline

Salary/Compensations

• $129,464 - $133,105 p.a. + superannuation and annual leave loading

Benefits

• Challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs
• Flexible work practices including work from home, flexible working hours, 35-hour week and flex leave

About the Company

• The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) offers opportunities to make a real difference by collaborating with agencies and community partners to improve lives and realize potential.
• DCJ is focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage.
• DCJ is Australia's top public sector employer.

Equal Opportunity

• This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only.
• 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.