Community Service Field Officer
Community Corrections
Corrective Services NSW
Location: Batemans Bay and Bega Community Corrections Office
Salary: Clerk Grade 3 - $43.27 per hour
Position Type: Casual
If you enjoy a community-based role, have strong communication skills and display resilience and courage, we encourage you to apply.
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal candidates, as we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Your unique perspective and experiences are highly valued and will contribute to the richness of our team.
Are you passionate about community safety and rehabilitation? Join us as a Community Service Supervisor and play a crucial role in supervising and managing offenders on mandated community service. This position offers a unique opportunity to coordinate the logistics of community service worksites while ensuring the safety and compliance of offenders. Make a difference in your community by helping offenders reintegrate and contribute positively.
What you'll do
As part of the Community Corrections team, you will supervise offenders and ensure their safety during community service. You will direct tasks, monitor conduct, and maintain compliance with Work Health and Safety principles. Additionally, you'll liaise with community agencies and transport offenders to and from worksites.
You'll work as part of a supportive team dedicated to enhancing community safety and promoting rehabilitation in a dynamic environment.
What we're looking for
Supervisory Skills: Ability to supervise and manage offenders, ensuring compliance with safety and conduct policies.
Work Health and Safety Knowledge: Understanding of Work Health and Safety principles and practices.
Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills for liaising with community agencies and representatives.
Transport and Logistics Coordination: Ability to transport offenders and coordinate the logistics of community service worksites.
Essential requirements
This is casual employment under Section 43 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013. Ability to work up to 38 hours per week as required, during the week and weekends.
Successful applicants for these positions will be required to drive a group of offenders to and from designated worksites and supervise work.
A satisfactory Criminal Record Check is required and it is essential for the applicants to be fingerprinted.
Ability to drive official vehicles and possess an appropriate level of Driver's Licence to meet all job requirements.
Current First Aid Certificate (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement).
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
A challenging and rewarding career
Flexible, autonomous work environment
Competitive pay and conditions
Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
Applications close Sunday 10th November 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Kat Dragosevic at PH: (02) 44751000 or email: ******
If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please call Lorraine Fernandes on (02) 86887253 or via email: ******
Inclusion and Diversity
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
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