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Safety Action Meeting (SAM) Coordinator

Justice Support Centre
  • Permanent, full time (35hpw)
  • Sydney city base
  • Community Legal Centre incorporating domestic and family violence services
  • Salary range: SCHCADS L6 $96,970 to $101,247
  • Flexible work conditions, salary packaging to increase take home pay, 5 weeks’ annual leave (pro rata) plus leave loading, additional leave at Christmas

We are seeking a Safety Action Meeting (SAM) Coordinator to join our dynamic and friendly Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (Sydney WDVCAS) team. You will be part of delivering a best practice, specialist, trauma-informed model of service delivery to women affected by domestic and family violence (DFV) and ensuring an integrated response to women assessed as at serious threat of harm.

About South West Sydney Legal Centre

South West Sydney Legal Centre (SWSLC) is a not for profit community legal centre.

Our legal services include information, advice and legal representation for people in South West Sydney whose access to justice is denied or constrained, and include specialised legal services for victim-survivors of DFV.

Our DFV services include court support and advocacy, safety planning, case management and financial counselling.

Both the legal and DFV teams offer tailored training and workshops to community members and community organisations.

We give our clients the guidance, legal advice, support services and strength they need to claim their rights, know their options and choose their next steps.

About the role

The SAM Coordinator will work alongside two other SAM Coordinators as part of our dynamic and friendly team, based at our Downing Centre office. You will be part of delivering a best practice, specialist, trauma-informed model of service delivery to women affected by DFV and ensuring an integrated response to women assessed as at serious threat of harm.

The successful applicant will have strong interpersonal and organisational skills to effectively manage the running of the SAMs. Applicants must have a commitment to empowering women and children affected by DFV, an understanding or willingness to learn the principles of a trauma-informed approach to service delivery, have demonstrated ability to engage effectively with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and have demonstrated ability to engage effectively with clients in crisis.

Proficiency in a language other than English is desirable.

This position is only open to applicants that identify as women. SWSLC considers being a woman to be a genuine occupational qualification for this position under s. 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). Trans women and sistergirls and non-binary people are also encouraged to apply.

Applicants from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Contact Person: Enquiries about the role should be emailed to Janice Waring, Manager Sydney WDVCAS [email protected], using the subject line: Safety Action Meeting (SAM) Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To submit your application, click Apply Now.

The preferred applicant will be required to undergo a Working with Children Check and a National Police Records Check.

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