AN120505 – Social and Community Services Employees (State) Award
PART IV - CLASSIFICATIONS, EXEMPTIONS, EXCLUSIONS, WAGES AND SUPERANNUATION
20. CLASSIFICATIONS, EXEMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
20.1 When classifying employees, employers may have regard to the indicative competencies for each grade contained within Appendix A to this Award.
20.2 "Community Services Worker Grade 1" shall mean a person who is employed to assist Community Services Workers Grades 2 to 6 within a defined area of social and community welfare services and is under the immediate and direct supervision of another employee in relation to all aspects of their employment. In no case shall a Community Services Worker Grade 1 be responsible for policy development, or co-ordination, or the direction or supervision of paid or unpaid workers. However, a Community Services Worker Grade 1 may be required to provide information for use in the co-ordination and policy development of an organisation.
20.3 "Community Services Worker Grade 2" shall mean a person who is employed to perform duties of a more complex, varied and responsible nature than a Community Services Worker, Grade 1, which may include service delivery on an individual, group or community basis and social educators and vocational educators. Such person may be required to exercise initiative and independent judgement but will be under the general supervision of another employee subject to this award. In no case shall a Community Services Worker, Grade 2, be required to develop policy for or co-ordinate a service.
20.4 "Community Services Worker Grade 3" shall mean an employee who performs more varied, complex and responsible work than a Grade 2 as defined above, in providing social welfare services on an individual, group or community basis. Such employee may be required to exercise substantial responsibility in relation to service delivery, initiative and substantial judgement and have an extensive knowledge of social and community welfare services and shall be subject only to general supervision. Such duties may include case responsibility for clients, co-ordination of a service, contributing to policy development, supervision of other workers and/or complex counselling, and may include the co-ordination and/or administration of activity therapy centres, workshops and supported employment services and independent living training for the developmentally disabled.
20.5 "Community Services Worker Grade 4" shall mean an employee who would not ordinarily receive instructions from another employee as to the performance of their duties; and who is responsible for any one or more of the following.
(a)
(i) The overall administration/coordination of a service, agency or workplace of the employer including the supervision of one or more Grade 3 employees;
(ii) Is primarily engaged in developing and implementing policies and/or programs at a senior level for a service in relation to general or specific aspects of social and community welfare services;
(iii) Is primarily engaged in the administration/co-ordination of activity therapy centres, workshops and supported employment services for the developmentally disabled where such employment based schemes cater for more than 30 disabled persons and independent living training where such community and hostel based residences cater for more than 20 disabled persons;
(b) Where the prime responsibility lies in a specialised field, employees at this grade would undertake at least some of the following:
(i) Co-ordinate projects;
(ii) Co-ordinate/manage the operation of a distinct element(s) of a larger organisation, which may include supervision of staff;
(iii) Under general direction undertake a variety of tasks of a specialised and/or detailed nature;
(iv) Exercise specialised judgement within prescribed areas.
20.6 "Community Services Worker Grade 5" shall mean an employee who undertakes the functions of a Grade 4 employee but at a higher level of complexity, responsibility, initiative and autonomy, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a)
(i) Developing and implementing policies and/or programs at a more senior level than a Grade 4 employee;
(ii) Influencing the operational activities of the organisation;
(iii) Adopting a broader strategic perspective towards their work than employees at lower grades;
(iv) Developing and implementing the long term goals of the organisation;
(v) Setting outcomes in relation to the organisation’s objectives and devising strategies to achieve them;
(vi) May supervise employees or teams of employees classified at a lower grade; and
(vii) May be involved in client centred activities which form a component of direct support coverage.
(b) Where the prime responsibility lies in a specialised field, employees at this grade will undertake the functions of a Grade 4 employee but at a higher level of complexity, responsibility, autonomy and a higher level of discipline knowledge, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) Working under limited direction from senior management or the employer and having significant delegated authority;
(ii) May supervise employees classified at a lower grade.
20.7 "Community Services Worker Grade 6" shall mean an employee who exercises a high level of responsibility for organisational management and decision making, exercises considerable independent judgement and a high degree of autonomy, and provides high level expert advice, including but not limited to, the following:
(a)
(i) Involvement in establishing operational procedures which impact on activities undertaken and outcomes achieved by the organisation and/or activities undertaken by sections of the community serviced by the organisation;
(ii) Undertaking the control and co-ordination of key aspects of the work of the organisation;
(iii) Developing and implementing the long-term goals of the organisation;
(iv) Undertaking a wide range of managerial or specialised functions to achieve results in line with organisational goals;
(v) Developing and administering complex policy, organisational and program matters;
(vi) May supervise employees or teams of employees across a variety of programs classified at a lower grade;
(vii) May be involved in client centred activities which form a component of direct support coverage.
(b) Where the prime responsibility lies in a specialised field, a senior specialist at this grade will be subject to broad direction from senior officers, and will undertake duties including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) Undertaking work of substantial scope and complexity such that a major portion of such work requires initiative;
(ii) Undertaking duties of a professional nature at a senior level;
(iii) Undertaking functions across a range of administrative, specialist or operational areas which include specific programs or activities, management of service delivery and the provision of high level advice;
(iv) Manage extensive work programs or projects in accordance with the goals of the organisation;
(v) Apply high level analytical skills in the attainment of the objectives of the organisation;
(vi) May supervise employees classified at a lower grade. Exemptions An employee who is in receipt of at least 5% in excess of the rates of pay set out for a Grade 6, Year 2 employee in ‘Tables 1 to 4 - Rates of Pay’ of this Award, as payable at that time, shall be exempt from the provisions of Part III, Hours of Work of this Award and from the provisions of Clause 32 - On-Call Allowance of Part V, Allowances, Expenses and Amenities of this Award.
Exclusions
The following employees shall be excluded from this Award:
(i) an employee whose duties are principally managerial/administrative and who is a member of the senior management team of a large multi-function organisation (other than a multi purpose Neighbourhood Centre) which administers a range of services/facilities and workplaces;
(ii) the principal officer of an organisation where that principal officer has the legal and/or managerial responsibility of that organisation.
