• Permanent, full time or part time roles, Sydney based
• Senior social worker: $109,625.40 - $130,112.74 (pro rata for part time) p.a. depending on qualifications and experience
• Social worker:  $95,825.30 - $116,879.41 (pro rata for part time) p.a. depending on qualifications and experience

Our Financial Abuse Service which is expanding to a new integrated, best practice model to assist victim survivors experiencing financial abuse.

about the opportunity

Our specialist, cross-jurisdictional, and integrated approach provides holistic legal and non-legal support to clients, increasing their safety and wellbeing and leading to financial independence and empowerment.

The senior social worker will supervise and mentor other social workers and work collaboratively with lawyers and financial counsellors to assist clients from across New South Wales.

This role has ongoing opportunities to contribute to the development of systemic advocacy, policy and law reform to both address the causes of financial and economic abuse and improve outcomes for victim survivors.

The senior social worker and social worker will provide trauma informed case management support responding to the complex social and legal needs of victim survivors experiencing family and domestic abuse from an intimate partner.

This will include assessment, referral, safety planning, advocating with services, making housing and victims compensation applications and building capacity and agency for long term empowerment and financial independence.

about us

Redfern Legal Centre is a non-profit community legal centre that promotes social justice and creates change. We provide free legal advice, legal services and education to people experiencing disadvantage in New South Wales.

We drive innovation and work to address inequalities in the legal system through policy and law reform.

We provide effective and integrated free legal services that are client focussed, collaborative, non-discriminatory and responsive to changing community needs - to our local community as well as state-wide.

next steps

Please click Apply Now to submit your application.

A position description is attached.

Enquiries should be directed to Catherine Hewett, [email protected], using the subject line: Redfern Legal Centre's Financial Abuse Service - Social Workers x2 enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Redfern Legal Centre is a diverse and inclusive workplace that offers flexible working conditions and supports wellbeing.

We require job applicants to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19.

We strongly encourage applications by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability.