- Support, coach and mentor individual's skills with a view to rehabilitation
- Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- COG Grade 2B: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Industry Officer - General to provide a critical role at the Beechworth Correctional Centre.
About the Business Unit
Corrections Victoria is a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). Corrections Victoria's vision is `Safer prisons, safer people, safer communities'. Our mission is to have `A safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions'.
The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum-security facility with a focus on preparing individuals for release and successful reintegration back into society. It offers various working industries with the men given the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills that will effectively link them to employment on release. When not engaged in work, the men attend rehabilitative programs to address their offending behaviour, engage in education and visits whilst many also engage in recreation and community assistance programs.
About the Role
Industry Officers are responsible for the management and delivery of specific functions within prison industries. This includes assisting with the management of prisoner employment, safe operating procedures and other Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) requirements, and compliance with prison industry procedures.
Industry Officers may be required to work in various industry areas or the prison according to operational requirements.
The role requires leadership, maturity, sound judgement, confidence in decision making, developed capabilities to coach, mentor and motivate prisoners.
Some of your duties will include:
- Provide supervision and training to prisoners who are employed in the prisons commercial and service industries
- Effectively manage all work areas to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff and visitors. This includes appropriate levels of surveillance and interaction within the facility, and monitoring staff and prisoners for compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety, and security procedures
- Oversee the allocation and control of raw materials and tools to prisoners ensuring that all tools are always accounted for and reporting any loss of tools promptly to the Industry Supervisor
- Actively identify, refer and support prisoners' participation in integrated education into prisoner employment
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 experience in a supervisory capacity within a relevant industry
- Working background using modern equipment
- Sound computer and written skills
- Relevant experience and/or Trade Certificate in cabinet making, timber joinery, carpentry or building industry would be highly regarded
Qualifications/requirements
- Relevant trade qualifications or experience in cabinet making, carpentry, timber joinery, or building industry.
- Successful completion of the Prison Officer pre-service course within 6 months of commencement (mandatory).
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 a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) 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.
