Offender Services Supervisor

Department Of Justice And Community Safety; Maldon; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department Of Justice And Community Safety is seeking an Offender Services Supervisor to provide a critical role at Tarrengower Prison in Central Victoria. The role focuses on coordinating psycho-educational programs and services to support women's reintegration and reduce re-offending, in a rehabilitative environment.

The position may involve weekend and public holiday work, case consultation, and engagement with the Case Management Review Committee and other stakeholders, in line with the

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating individual and group programs.
• Ability to source and coordinate services and psycho-educational programs.
• Experience in case consultation and engagement in correctional settings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate psycho-educational skills-based programs.
• Manage the delivery of vocational and transitional programs.
• Provide management and coordination of internal and external programs delivered at the location.

Skills

Program coordination

Group facilitation

Stakeholder liaison

Behaviour management

Education

Tertiary qualification in human services

Job description

Utilise your experience in the coordination of individual and group programs and interventions.

• Ongoing, full time opportunity.
• VPS grade 4 – Salary plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Offender Services Supervisor to provide a critical role at Tarrengower Prison.

About the Business Unit

Tarrengower is a minimum-security prison accommodating up to 62 female offenders and is situated 2 kms from Maldon in Central Victoria. Tarrengower's emphasis is on release preparation and community reintegration through the provision of programs within a rehabilitative environment. Tarrengower emphasises the principles of a healthy prison where children can be accommodated with their mothers ensuring the family unit is maintained and developed. Tarrengower strongly recognises cultural diversity, respecting individual religious, spiritual, and cultural beliefs.

About the Role

The Offender Services Supervisor will be a suitably experienced individual with training and experience in the coordination of individual and group programs and interventions. The role will involve the sourcing and coordinating of services and psycho-educational skills-based programs to meet the needs of the women in custody. All programs delivered aim to reduce the risk of re-offending by assisting offenders to develop key skills to support their reintegration into the community. The Offender Services Supervisor will also have a role in case consultation, behavioural management, and resolving issues concerned with program participation / engagement and attendance, in consultation with the Case Management Review Committee at the location and other key stakeholders as required. The Offender Services Supervisor role is to assist in development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based programs, according to current correctional philosophies, legislative requirements, prison policies and correctional standards. The role involves direct prisoner contact and may involve occasional weekend and public holiday work, in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Agreement.

Your duties

• Coordinate psycho-educational skills-based programs.
• Manage the delivery of vocational and transitional programs.
• Provide management and coordination of internal and external programs delivered at the location.

About you

• Knowledge of and experience in dealing with the limitations imposed on people in a correctional environment.
• Demonstrated experience in both facilitating and coordinating prison-based programs (highly desirable).

Qualifications / requirements

• A relevant tertiary qualification in the human services, or welfare fields is desirable.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION : CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.