· Temporary – until June 2025
· Full Time – 35 hours per week
· Clerk Grade 7/8 (salary range $106,025 - $117,363 plus superannuation and annual leave loading)
· Location – Central Sydney (Haymarket)
About us
Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.
About the role
Provide case work support to clients with complex socio-legal needs who are living with disability, including their families and carers. Provide a leadership role to junior caseworkers and expert advice to solicitors regarding the psychosocial needs of clients.
Work collaboratively with solicitors and allied professional staff to provide accessible and trauma informed services and support to people with disability.
About you
- You will have skills and experience in working with people with disability and a passion to improve access to justice for people living with disability, their families and carers.
- You will have experience in developing and maintaining effective partnerships with key stakeholders.
- You will have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team that promotes collaborative practice to achieve the best outcomes for clients.
- You will have experience in writing high level reports/support letters for clients to government and non-government agencies to be used to advocate for clients.
· You will have high level psychosocial skills in working with clients who have intersecting needs and life experiences.
We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW!
We are committed to diversity and inclusion
We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.
We want a workforce that reflects our clients, so we can deliver a service that meets the needs of the community. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities.
We acknowledge, support and accommodate the diverse access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities. If you need an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, or you’d like information about what we can do to help you, please contact our team at erecruitment@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
Other benefits of working with us
· You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
· We are an accredited Flex Ready certified employer and are recognised as leaders in the area of flexible work. Most of our staff work flexibly — for example, from home some of the time or in a way that helps them balance family and work life.
The essential requirements for this role
You must:
· 5 years minimum relevant experience
· Four-year Bachelor Degree or other equivalent qualification in Social Work, Psychology or other directly relevant field OR a Bachelor Degree plus a Masters degree or other equivalent qualification in Social Work, Psychology or other directly relevant field
· Hold or be eligible for professional registration
· Hold a valid Driver Licence
· Be able to travel to regional and remote areas
· Be willing to do a Criminal Record Check
· Hold, or be able to obtain, a current Working with Children Check
· Experience in working with people living with disability
How to apply
You MUST submit your application online through
iworkfor.nsw.gov.au. If you submit your application late or by email it will NOT be accepted.
Your application must include:
· your resume (no more than 5 pages)
· cover letter (no more than 2 pages). In your cover letter, please outline your skills and experience relevant to working with people living with disability. Please also outline how you would approach working in a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers and allied professional staff to get the best outcomes for clients.
Make sure your application is complete and you have answered all questions before you submit it.
Do you need help to apply?
It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:
· If you have questions about the role, you can contact the Hiring Manager – Sally McDonnell-Adams on 0408 052 611 or email:
sally.mcdonnell-adams@legalaid.nsw.gov.au · If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the
Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
· The
Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
· The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.
·
Applying for a Role·
Working at Legal Aid NSW 
