Community Corrections Officer - South Multiple Locations - Talent Pool Creation
Department of Communities and Justice – Bowral NSW
Location: Bowral-Goulburn Hub, Nowra, Batemans Bay, Bega and Wollongong Community Corrections Offices
Salary: Clerk Grade 5/6 (Starting at $93,295pa) plus Employer's contribution to Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading
Position Type: Ongoing and Temporary opportunities available - Full time and Part time
Training: Paid training with a Certificate IV in Correctional Practice
Join us Now. Become a Community Corrections Officer to make a difference!
Aboriginal candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Your role
As part of a high functioning and diverse team who value working together and providing support to each other, you will work with offenders to create strategies to manage their risk of reoffending and set long and short-term goals. You will also apply various methods to monitor offenders' compliance and conduct home visits.
What you'll do
Community Corrections Officers are trained to provide case management for offenders being supervised on community-based orders such as Parole Orders, Intensive Corrections Orders and Community Corrections Orders.
* People who are prepared to do their very best in line with our values and behaviours with a strong focus on community safety
* Understand the NSW criminal justice system
* Commitment in providing support and strengthening relationships between Communities and Justice and the local Aboriginal community
* Excellent communication skills, the ability to maintain confidentiality and display integrity
* Case Management experience, high resilience, great motivation, and a positive attitude
* Ability to work in a challenging environment and apply cultural sensitivity
What We Offer
* 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.
Successful candidate must be willing to work at one of our mentioned locations:
Bowral-Goulburn Hub, Nowra, Batemans Bay, Bega and Wollongong Offices.
Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Linda Burridge via email: **************@dcj.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, please call Lorraine Fernandes on 86887253 or via ***************@dcj.nsw.gov.au
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.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
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