- Utilise your Prison and Corrective Services expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria at Barwon Prison
- An Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
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 South West 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.
About the Role:
The Specialised Lead Assessment Transition Coordinator forms part of the multi-disciplinary Vocational Services Team, which is responsible for the development, co-ordination and delivery of a range of programs and services across several specialist areas.
Some of your duties will include:
- Delivering the CV Reintegration Pathway to men with complex care and high transitional needs, quite often located in restricted regimes
- Establishing and maintaining local processes in conjunction with key stakeholders to ensure coordinated discharge planning with a focus on facilitating prisoner engagement in mainstream services on release
- Participating in multidisciplinary meetings such as case planning and care team meetings.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Demonstrated detailed knowledge of specific transition and reintegration issues and needs of prisoners with complex and high needs
- Demonstrated detailed understanding of the CV Reintegration Pathway
- Demonstrated ability to administer risk and other assessment tools with individual high needs and complex prisoners.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Expertise in conducting of varying assessments, programs and service delivery/coordination within a correctional environment is highly desirable.
To learn more about the Technical Expertise you will require before applying, please read the attached position description.
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 reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).
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.
