Community Corrections Team Leader

Department: Community Corrections Metropolitan East; Sydney; On-site; AUD 126,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing programs

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible, autonomous work environment

Job summary

Corrective Services NSW in Sydney is seeking a Community Corrections Team Leader to guide and mentor a team across multiple metropolitan locations, ensuring high professional standards and compliant service delivery.

You will oversee caseloads, including high-risk cases, provide clear feedback for staff development, and work with stakeholders to maintain accountability and integrity in a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Lead a team of Community Corrections Officers
• Oversee risk assessment, case management and reporting
• Provide feedback and development for staff to meet accountability standards

Responsibilities

• Lead the leadership team to support staff across a changing work environment.
• Provide oversight of caseloads for orders including high-risk or complex needs.
• Support, coach and develop staff while modelling core values of accountability and integrity.

Skills

Team leadership

Caseload oversight

Risk assessment

Staff coaching

Job description

Department: Community Corrections Metropolitan East – Darlinghurst NSW

$125,500 - $129,492 a year

Casual/Temporary, Full time, Permanent

1d ago , from Department of Communities and Justice NSW

Community Corrections Team Leader – Talent Pool Creation

Sydney Metro Community Corrections

Corrective Services NSW

Location – Bankstown, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, City (Darlinghurst), Fairfield, Hornsby, Leichhardt, Liverpool, Long Bay, Mount Druitt, Parklea, Parramatta, Penrith, Silverwater, St Leonards, Sutherland, and Windsor.

Employment type – Ongoing/Temporary Full-Time

Salary - $125,500 - $129,492 per annum plus superannuation and leave loading

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles within Sydney Metropolitan area and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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Your role

Community Corrections Team Leaders provide professional support, mentoring and leadership to the team to ensure a high standard of professional service delivery that is compliant with legislation, policies, procedures and the values of the organisation.

What you’ll do

As part of the leadership team, you will develop and support a team of Community Corrections Officers with differing levels of skills and competence in a changing work environment. You will provide clear and supportive feedback to develop and support staff to meet individual accountability.

You will also provide oversight of caseloads involving people completing orders, including those assessed as high risk or with complex needs. There are extensive training and promotional opportunities. If you enjoy guiding and supporting team members and liaising across multiple stakeholders, then this work will interest you.

You'll work as part of a team who complete tasks including risk assessment, case management and report writing and you'll be working in either a community office or a parole unit within a Correctional Centre environment.

What we’re looking for

• Energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to excellence
• Ability to foster a collaborative team environment that motivates staff to achieve results
• Self-motivation, self-awareness and the ability to communicate clearly and confidently
• Ability to give and receive direct, honest and constructive feedback
• Ability to support, coach and develop staff in a dynamic workplace
• The willingness and courage to ensure that the core values of accountability, respect, service, trust, and integrity, are modelled and embedded within your team

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What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• 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.

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We do work that really matters

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) delivers professional correctional services and programs to reduce reoffending and create safer communities. We house remand and sentenced inmates in correctional centres and supervise offenders serving orders in the community.

CSNSW provides reports and advice to courts and releasing/parole authorities. We assess offenders in the community and in custody for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of reoffending. CSNSW works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice and promote reintegration of people completing their Orders.

Are you ready to join us?

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Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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Applications closeSunday 15 November 2026 at 11:00pm AEST.