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Working for DCJ provides opportunities to make a real difference and where your diverse background and experience will be valued.
Listen to our staff talk about what they love about being a child protection caseworker at DCJ.
Listen to our staff talk about what they love about being a child protection caseworker at DCJ.
Shabnam, Caseworker: I'm passionate about working with families to resolve any issues that come about for them. So that we can ensure the children are safe.
Phil, Caseworker: I support Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal carers to look after children. I'm very passionate about giving an opportunity for a family or Aboriginal kids to progress.
Zevart, Caseworker: Having a certain understanding of children growing up in different countries and the hardships that they experience, led me to have a passion towards my work. It allows me to use my culture within my role to work with families. I love seeing children smile.
Phil, Caseworker: Success isn't given to you on a silver plater or anything like that. It's what you gather in your life's journey and I'm very, very lucky.
We ask correctional officers what it is like to work at DCJ.
We ask correctional officers what it is like to work at DCJ.
(Group of Correctional Officers interacting outside a correctional centre. Title 'We asked correctional officers what do you like most about your job?' appears on screen.)
Matt, Senior Correctional Officer: What I like best about my job is giving the inmates skills to help them reintegrate back into society.
(Matt supervising inmates in their work-related activities within a correctional centre.)
Claire, Correctional Officer: We see women come in and we see them leave and pick their lives up and make the most of it. They learn tools in here through programs that equips them for life on the outside which can be really great to watch.
(Female inmates using tools to build light fittings in their work-related activities within a correctional centre.)
Claire: The camaraderie when you get into the facility is really excellent, we call each other blue and we have each other's backs all the time.
(Claire interacting with a group of Correctional Officers within a correctional centre.)
Claire: If you considering joining Corrective Services, I think definitely give it a go it's going to be a really rewarding job and the conditions are really great.
(Claire speaking outside the gates of a correctional centre.)
Hear what Andrew likes about being a psychologist working for DCJ.
Hear what Andrew likes about being a psychologist working for DCJ.
Andrew, Psychologist: I started off as a student in the South Western Sydney district as part of my master's placement.
I just really enjoyed the support and also working within such an interesting and rewarding field and having the clinical skills and the support I need from a very supportive team.
What made me so interested in having a role as a DCJ psychologist, was part of the scope for career development. Being able to help the children and families that we work with who are our most disadvantaged.
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Looking for a meaningful career where you can make a real difference? At the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Corrective Services NSW, we’re committed to building safer, stronger, and more inclusive communities across NSW.
With career pathways in social work, law, psychology, youth justice, corrections, and corporate services, DCJ and Corrective Services NSW offers opportunities for growth and impact—no matter your background or experience.
Join a workplace that values diversity, inclusion and reconciliation, where all voices are heard, and every team member is supported.
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