Transition Worker – Extended Reintegration Service

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”(Christopher Reeve)

• Location: Canterbury 
• Part-Time – 3 days (45 hours per fortnight)
• Contract to June 2025 – with possibility of extension
• $44.68 gross per hour + super + generous salary packaging

Are you a dedicated, passionate case worker with experience in providing holistic trauma-informed care? Want to make a real difference in reducing homelessness by supporting people transitioning from prison into safe and secure accommodation?
  
CRC is excited to be recruiting for a Transition Case Worker to join a team of dedicated professionals in our long-standing Extended Reintegration service. And we’d love to hear from you.

• Play a key part in a unique program with proven results and contribute to long-lasting change for our clients and the community
• Join a diverse and passionate team in a flexible and supportive organisation

We want to hear from people from all backgrounds, including those with lived experience of the criminal justice system and homelessness. The skills and experiences of First Nations people will be particularly valued.
  
The Opportunity
As a Transition Case Worker in our Extended Reintegration Service (ERS), you’ll be at the heart of a high-impact team. You’ll use holistic outreach case management to provide specialist transitional support for people with complex needs who are leaving NSW Correctional Centres.
  
Using a throughcare model focusing on the complex transition from incarceration into housing in the community, your role includes:
  
Client support: Holistic and intensive outreach casework and support will make up a large part of your day. You’ll actively build positive relationships with Government, community and other services to source relevant support and work collaboratively with relevant stakeholders. You’ll assess new referrals, complete pre-release case planning, and liaise with key stakeholders. You’ll approach every task with empathy, keeping our clients’ goals front and centre.
Creating community connections for clients: Using an outreach model pre- and post-release from custody, you’ll play a vital role in providing clients with practical and psychosocial support. The goal? To ensure connections to support services, the maintenance of tenancies, reducing recidivism, and creating pathways away from the criminal justice system.
Data, administrative and assessment duties: While the majority of this job involves client-facing duties, data collection will be an important part of your role. You’ll conduct general administrative duties, Workplace Health and Safety monitoring, and recording and maintaining accurate case notes and client files.  
Cultural safety: You’ll work in culturally appropriate ways in recognition of the unique cultural needs and over-representation of First Nations people in the criminal justice system.
  
Your usual work hours will be three days per week, between Monday to Friday, with occasional out-of-hours work, as required.
  
Why work for us?  

• Support programs that aim to break entrenched cycles of disadvantage, homelessness and imprisonment
• Be part of a community-based agency that has been delivering effective services in our field for over 70 years
• Join a dedicated, energetic team with a culture of flexibility, trust, integrity and respect
• Enjoy additional Wellbeing Leave and clinical supervision

CRC works with some of the state’s most stigmatised and marginalised people, and we are dedicated to providing them with the help they need. While our work can sometimes be challenging, the rewards are significant.
  
To join us, you’ll need:  

• Experience and skills in the provision of trauma-informed care
• Knowledge and casework experience working with complex and compounding needs such as homelessness, mental health, intellectual disability, criminal justice system involvement, alcohol and other drug use, and experiences of trauma
• A current NSW Driver Licence
• A current NSW Working with Children Check and Criminal Record Check (please note, a criminal record is not a barrier to being considered for a role with CRC. However, this position requires a criminal record check as part of seeking access to prisons as an Authorised Visitor)
• Demonstrated cultural competency and knowledge of issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and CALD communities
• The unrestricted right to work in Australia  

How to apply:
  
We are committed to achieving a diverse and culturally safe workforce, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from CALD backgrounds.  
  
Do you have the skills, positivity and work ethic to match our amazing team? APPLY NOW! Please submit your response to the selection criteria and upload a copy of your resume.
  
Applications will close when a suitable applicant is found, so please APPLY NOW!

For more information and a copy of the Position Description please email recruitment@crcnsw.org.au