Location:Haymarket, NSW, AU, 2000

Req ID: 74408

• Ongoing – Full-Time 35 hours per week
• Clerk Grade 7/8 (salary range $110,266 - $122,058 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.

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 Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Axel Maire via email: axel.maire@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

ABOUT THE ROLE

Provide complex case work support to clients with complex socio-legal needs and immigration legal issues. This includes clients with visa issues relating to domestic and family violence. Undertake comprehensive assessments of client’s psychosocial issues, prepare reports, provide referrals assistance, support in attending Courts and Tribunals and offer wholistic therapeutic support. Attend court and tribunal hearings to provide oral evidence as to the contents of psychosocial reports under examination and cross-examination.

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

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 Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Axel Maire via email: axel.maire@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 NS