• Aboriginal identified Youth Caseworker role in the Civil Law Division
• Central Sydney location
• Competitive salary package up to 119K

ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW

Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 25 regional offices in metropolitan and regional centres across NSW and a number of specialist services and advice clinics. Working at Legal Aid NSW provides the opportunity to support people with disabilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women and children, Indigenous people and people with mental illness who may experience difficulties when enforcing and defending their rights.

ABOUT US

The Children’s Civil Service (CCLS) is a specialist team within Legal Aid NSW that provides holistic civil law and youth casework assistance to highly disadvantaged people in Sydney who are involved with the criminal justice system. The CCLS is a multi-interdisciplinary team, and works in collaboration with criminal lawyers and other stakeholders to provide wrap around civil law services to vulnerable young people, including children and young people who are in, or have a history of being in out of home care. The CCLS assists young people in a range of civil law issues including: consumer debt, fines, discrimination and advocacy within the out of home care environment. To know more about Legal Aid NSW and what we do, please click here.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be:

• working collaboratively with CCLS lawyers to assist and provide culturally appropriate support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in the Youth Koori Court to address their civil law needs.
• providing short to medium term casework to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with complex needs within a socio-legal framework.
• supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to participate in the Youth Koori Court process, and to engage with their civil lawyer to address their civil law needs.

ABOUT YOU

You will have a passion for working with young people and particular experience in working with and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with complex needs. You will need to work flexibly and have experience in working in multi-disciplinary settings.

You will have strong interpersonal skills and have the capacity to identify barriers and provide creative solutions to assist your clients to achieve positive outcomes.

You will be required to work with a range of stakeholders across the legal profession and with non-government and government services in providing services to young people.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Aboriginality (see notes below)
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (diploma or higher) in social work, welfare, psychology, social sciences or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• Willingness to undertake a Criminal Record Check and/or working with Children Check
• Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency
• Current NSW Driver's Licence

How to Apply

Applications MUST be submitted online by clicking Apply Now to be considered. No late applications will be accepted.

Please Note: This vacancy is an identified Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander recruitment under Part 5, clause 26 of the Government Sector Employment (General) Rules 2014. In the pre-screening questions you will need to provide information on how you satisfy the Aboriginality criteria.

Applicants should read the Role Description and consider the Focus Capabilities and Key Accountabilities when preparing their resume and cover letter.

Applicants are requested to attach:

• current resume / curriculum vitae (CV) (maximum 4 pages)
• cover letter (maximum 2 pages) responding to the following two questions:
  • Describe your experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with complex needs or backgrounds of trauma or disadvantage.
  • Describe an example where you have identified a barrier for a young person and advocated with other services/stakeholders (such as community services, government agencies or the private sector) in order to achieve a better outcome for your client.

Applicants are also encouraged to read the following documents:
• Fact sheet on the Children’s Civil Law Service
• Fact sheet on the Youth Koori Court

The selection process will include a range of comparative assessment techniques to assist in determining capability and suitability for the role.

This recruitment will be used to fill any current vacancies and may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future temporary or ongoing vacancies that may arise over the next 18 months.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Legal Aid NSW welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTI community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities.

Legal Aid NSW provides dignified access to accommodate the diverse needs of our community. We acknowledge and support the access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities, as such all of our offices are accessible.

If you require a reasonable adjustment in order to participate in the recruitment process, or you are looking for general information about our reasonable adjustment process, please contact our team via email, and advise your preferred method of communication: [email protected].

ROLE NOTES

This role is an identified Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander recruitment under Part 5, clause 26 of the Government Sector Employment (General) Rules 2014. Legal Aid NSW considers that being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification under Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

Applicants for this role must satisfy the Aboriginality criteria. Aboriginality is defined by decent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such.

For Aboriginal specific information regarding working at Legal Aid NSW, our Aboriginal network, career development opportunities and support systems please email [email protected].

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Temporary Opportunity at 35HPW until June 2022
• Enquiries: Katrina Wong on (02) 9219 5006 or [email protected], using the subject line: Youth Koori Court Case Worker - Aboriginal Identified enquiry via EthicalJobs
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW

To ensure recruitment at Legal Aid NSW continues without interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual methods may be used for interviews and assessments. This may include interviews conducted by video, telephone interviewing, Microsoft Teams meetings and online assessments.