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(Video begins with uplifting music and Brendan talking to different Aboriginal colleagues in the office)
Brendan Thomas: My name's Brendan Thomas, and I'm leading Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes here at the Department of Communities and Justice. We need more Aboriginal people working with us here at DCJ.
(Different DCJ Aboriginal staff are having conversations).
The work that we do profoundly touches the lives of so many Aboriginal people and families across New South Wales.
(NSW map is shown with different locations highlighted)
In housing, in the care and protection system, (Aboriginal man looks at casework practice webpage), in the welfare of children and right throughout the criminal justice system (footage inside of courtroom).
Unfortunately, our mob is over-represented in all of those areas and we really need to make some profound change.
(Aboriginal men and women talking to young men in Youth Justice).
The only way we're going to do that is with you. If you come and work with us and help us make the change that we need for our families, we'll make profound differences for our people in our community.
(Footage of corroboree at Youth Justice).
With you working for us, we can put our culture at the center of what we do, we can make sure that Aboriginal voices are making decisions for Aboriginal clients, we can make sure our communities trust the services that we provide, and we can really reform the services we provide to aboriginal people (young Aboriginal mum feeds baby) to make the difference that we want to make for our communities and build a positive future for our people. We need you to come and work with us because nobody knows our families like we do.
(Faces of different Aboriginal staff and families are shown smiling to camera).
(Music fades and animated NSW government logo appears)
Please note that at DCJ we commonly use the word "Aboriginal", recognising that Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of NSW, the part of Australia we are responsible for. We acknowledge and respect that Torres Strait Islander people are among the First Nations of Australia and that both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are an important part of our staff and the communities we work with.
27 Jul 2023