Specialised Assessment and Transition Coordinator

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; Geelong; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC in Geelong is seeking a Specialised Lead Assessment Transition Coordinator to help people in custody prepare for release and connect with support services.

You will coordinate the specialised pathway for complex needs, complete risk and reintegration assessments, support parole applications, and work with multidisciplinary teams to plan release and transition services.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering assessments, programs or services in corrections is highly desirable.
• Detailed knowledge of the Corrections Victoria Reintegration Pathway and complex transition needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate transition services for people in custody.
• Complete risk and reintegration assessments and support parole applications.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to plan release and transition services.
• Coordinate referrals with prison staff and external service providers.
• Maintain accurate records, data and reports on services and outcomes.

Skills

Assessment skills

Advisory skills

Correctional experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Specialised Assessment and Transition Coordinator

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Geelong VIC

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Help people with complex needs prepare for release and life in the community.
• Coordinate assessments, parole applications and transition plans across a busy prison setting.
• Work with a wide range of people and services to help make release plans work.
• Use your skills to support safer transitions and better outcomes after release.
• Fixed term, full-time role earning $81,496 - $98,955 per year, plus super.

About us

HM Prison Barwon is a maximum-security prison located 6km north-west of Lara, 20km from the centre of Geelong and about 70km from Melbourne and is part of the Barwon Southwest Regional structure.

It is Victoria's major maximum-security prison for sentenced male prisoners. The prison officially opened in January 1990 and currently houses up to 416 men in custody, including high security, long term management, protection (including specialist protection), general mainstream (maximum security) and medium security prisoners.

Corrections Victoria is responsible for the implementation of policies, programs and services that ensure the safe and secure containment of prisoners, and that seek to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

What you will do

As Specialised Lead Assessment Transition Coordinator, you will coordinate transition services for people in custody. You will help people with complex needs prepare for release and connect with support services.

You will:

• coordinate the specialised Corrections Victoria Reintegration Pathway for people with complex needs.
• complete risk and reintegration assessments and support parole applications.
• work with multidisciplinary teams to plan release and transition services.
• coordinate referrals with prison staff and external service providers.
• maintain accurate records, data and reports on services and outcomes.

About you

No mandatory qualification is listed for this role. Experience delivering assessments, programs or services in corrections is highly desirable.

You should also have:

• detailed knowledge of the Corrections Victoria Reintegration Pathway and complex transition needs.
• strong assessment skills and experience using risk and other assessment tools.
• clear advisory skills to guide colleagues through training, coaching and knowledge sharing.
• correctional experience and the ability to work well with different teams.

To learn even more about this role, please read the position description. If you have any further questions, feel free to email Claire Waghorne at ***************@justice.vic.gov.au.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about our Aboriginal workforce strategy.

IMPORTANT INFO RMATION:

Child safety 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.