About DCJ

The Department of Communities and Justice is committed to working together for a stronger, safer and fairer NSW.

DCJ coordinates and delivers services across the communities and justice system, for people, families and communities across the whole of NSW.

DCJ brings together expertise and experience to provide more support for people who feel they need help, and an empathetic response for people required to work with us.

DCJ is the lead agency in the Communities and Justice portfolio, which aims to create safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities through its services.

DCJ enables services to work together to support everyone's right to access justice and other help for families, and strengthen the promotion of early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community.

Our Values

We live our values every day. They underpin our purpose and drive our approach to delivering services for the NSW community.

Our work

We work with the community, our non-government partners and other agencies to improve outcomes for:

• people experiencing or who have experienced domestic and family violence
• people who have experienced sexual assault
• young people and adults in contact with the justice system
• people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and people in need of safe and affordable housing
• vulnerable children and young people
• people with disability
• Aboriginal people, who are overrepresented across our services
• seniors, whom we support to live active and inclusive lives
• people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

DCJ has established its Enterprise Governance Framework in line with the Audit Office of NSW’s governance principles. It outlines the processes and systems in place within which DCJ undertakes its compliance and governance responsibilities through strong leadership, ethical decision-making, transparency, management, accountability, and performance improvement.

Who we are - organisational charts

• Department of Communities and Justice organisation chart (PDF, 68.4 KB)
• DCJ Agency Portfolio (PDF, 155.5 KB).

Enterprise Governance

DCJ has established its Enterprise Governance Framework in line with the Audit Office of NSW’s governance principles. It outlines the processes and systems in place within which DCJ undertakes its compliance and governance responsibilities through strong leadership, ethical decision-making, transparency, management, accountability, and performance improvement.