Transitional Centre Worker - Aboriginal (Sydney)

Transitional Centre Worker - Aboriginal (Sydney)

Aboriginal Transitional Centre Worker

Corrective Services NSW

Location: Emu Plains and Parramatta

Employment type: Ongoing, Full time

Salary: $84,659 to $ 110,271 pa + Leave Loading + Superannuation

This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Your role

Join us as an Aboriginal Transitional Centre Worker and help female residents successfully transition from correctional living to the community. You’ll provide case management, culturally relevant support, and connect residents with vital services to empower independence and create lasting impact.

What you’ll do

- Deliver case management for allocated residents, ensuring programs are followed and progress is monitored in line with established pathways and principles.
- Maintain safety, wellbeing, and security within the Transitional Centre by adhering to departmental policies and taking prompt action to address any breaches of Centre rules.
- Build professional, trusting relationships with residents, offering objective information, advocacy, and guidance to connect them with community-based government and non-government services.
- Ensure confidentiality by accurately maintaining records related to resident admissions and discharges.
- Support skill development by helping residents rebuild pro-social and daily living skills, preparing them to re-establish relationships and reintegrate successfully into the community.
- Provide crisis intervention and link residents to external welfare, support, and counselling services for appropriate assistance.
- Promote the Transitional Centre’s role and principles within the local community and partner organisations to foster understanding and ongoing support.
- Strengthen relationships with the Aboriginal community and key stakeholders, collaborating with colleagues to deliver culturally relevant program interventions.

What we’re looking for

- Maintain confidentiality and accurate records for resident admissions and discharges.
- Support residents in rebuilding social and housekeeping skills to prepare for reintegration.
- Provide crisis intervention and connect residents with external welfare and counselling services.
- Promote the role and principles of the Transitional Centre within the local community and organisations to build understanding and support.

Essential Requirements:

- Current First Aid Certificate or the willingness to obtain one prior to the commencement of employment.




- Preparedness to undertake shift work in a rotating roster, as required.
- A current Working with Children Check
- Successful completion of the Security Awareness and Management of Female offenders training course.
- Current driver’s licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle in the course of performing the role.
- Formal post-secondary educational qualifications and experience in welfare related work or social science workplace, or significant experience gained by working in that area is highly desirable
- Aboriginality

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons.

Where a position is identified, an applicant’s race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. Either will be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

- is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
- identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
- is accepted as a such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Download the role description.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

For more information and advice on applying for roles at DCJ, visit Careers for Aboriginal people Careers for Aboriginal people | Communities and Justice

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career

- Flexible, autonomous work environment

- Competitive pay and conditions

- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)



provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close 02 February 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Christie Lanza via **************@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Aeron Santos via ************@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience, and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers, and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website (for all roles except Aboriginal Identified).

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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