Senior Manager, Child Protection & Permanency Programs

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Broken Hill; Hybrid; AUD 154,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Agile offices

Job summary

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice is seeking a senior leader to drive centralised Child Protection and Permanency programs. You will manage budgets, lead staff, and build strong stakeholder relationships across DCJ districts and external partners.

Flexibility includes working from home days and agile office locations; you will influence service design, policy implementation, and continuous improvement to deliver high-quality outcomes for children, young people and families in NSW.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work or a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience in child protection and OOHC practice.
• Willingness to travel to Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast and Northern NSW regions for meetings when required.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking and child protection practice experience.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Capacity to engage collaboratively with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight and professional development to staff who are responsible for influencing, mentoring and coaching caseworkers to deliver accountable and collaborative casework that respects the culture and context of each child, young person, family, and community.
• Lead and manage cross-functional and specialised teams that demonstrate a high level of engagement, commitment to professional development and responsiveness to critique.
• Seek out and actively manage key internal and external stakeholder relationships based on open, regular discussions and feedback to ensure effective interface between program development, planning, service design and policy implementation.
• Effectively manage resources and budgets, work planning, and professional development initiatives to maximise achievement of goals and ensure effective operations and cost-effective use of organisation’s resources.
• Provide operational direction and leadership to establish and maintain an outcome-oriented culture of teamwork, achievement and accountability and continuous learning and professional development to ensure practice and policy knowledge and skills are contemporary, evidence-based and are aligned with the Secretary Focus Areas and DCJ deliverables.
• Collaborate with professional practice leaders and clinical experts across the Sector to continually build responsive and high-quality practice standards and capabilities.
• Deliver innovative, flexible and localised professional practices which are informed by evidenced based programs, responsive to and inclusive of local community knowledge and input and directly contribute to improved services.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Policy implementation

Team development

Communication skills

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice is seeking a senior leader to drive centralised Child Protection and Permanency programs. You will manage budgets, lead staff, and build strong stakeholder relationships across DCJ districts and external partners.

Flexibility includes working from home days and agile office locations; you will influence service design, policy implementation, and continuous improvement to deliver high-quality outcomes for children, young people and families in NSW.