Senior Prison Officer - Offender Management - Marngoneet Correctional Centre

About this role

• Support the Offender Management Supervisor and the Offender Management Framework within the prison.
• Ongoing, full-time opportunity
• COG2B: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Senior Prison Officer - Offender Management, to provide a critical role within Marngoneet Correctional Centre.

About the Business Unit

Marngoneet Correctional Centre and Karreenga Annex is a medium security facility that houses a mix of sentenced and remand men and is located 6km north-west of Lara, 20km from the centre of Geelong and about 70km from Melbourne. The role of the facility is to contain men in custody safely, securely and humanely, focusing on the individual needs of the men with the aim of providing a successful transition back into the community or on their continued journey through the prison system. The facility has a strong focus on achieving positive outcomes and provides a range of engaged services. Our highly skilled workforce provides supervision and case management and are dedicated to enhancing opportunities to strengthen prisoner pathways.

About the Role

The role of Offender Management Officer is to act as “change agents”, through the practice of mentoring and training custodial staff regarding offender management practices, promoting good practice through quality assurance activities and developing/improving their locations offender management processes to ensure they are in line with the Offender Management Framework.

This position will require direct prisoner contact and involve weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Determination.

Some of your duties will include:

• Support the implementation of Offender Management initiatives and processes at his/her prison location(s), including contributing to the promotion of positive culture change within the organisation.
• Provide mentoring to case workers regarding offender management processes including case planning; strategy implementation; motivating compliance and monitoring progress of prisoners on their caseload.
• Support the development and implementation strategies for quality assurance and continuous improvement in the execution of offender management initiatives.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the Reducing Re-offending Framework, the Offender Management Framework, and the practices of offender management/case management in custodial settings.
• Demonstrated ability to provide support to Case Workers in a correctional environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of the Prison Officer Pre-service training is essential.
• Certificate 3 or Certificate 4 in Correctional Practice preferred.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

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.

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.