Disability Support Officer

3 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 30/06/2026

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $74,580 - $90,558

Occupation: Community Services

Reference: VG/CV0765-MARCH

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.

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?
- ** **_Utilise your disability support co-ordination expertise to provide support and advice to Offender Services, Corrections Victoria._**:

- **Fixed term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 3: $74,580 - $90,558 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Disability Support Officer, Prison Disability Support Initiative (PDSI) to provide a critical role within Offender Services, Corrections Victoria.

**About the Business Unit**

Corrections and Justice Services, a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety, implements court judgements and orders of the Adult Parole Board. Corrections and Justice Services manages 50 Community Correctional Services locations across Victoria and is responsible for managing Victoria's 11 public prisons and a transition centre, as well as overseeing the contracts relating to the management of three privately operated prisons. It also develops programs for the management and rehabilitation of prisoners and the community-based supervision of offenders.

The Rehabilitation and Reintegration Branch (RRB), within the Community Operations and Offender Services Division, is responsible for a range of offender programs and services across both prisons and Community Correctional Services. The Branch's purpose is to contribute to a safer community through a safe and humane corrections system that provides opportunities for rehabilitation, supports reintegration and working toward Aboriginal self-determination. The Branch holds the following portfolios:

- Naalamba Ganbu and Nerrlinggu Yilam* (Cultural Integrity and Resilience Unit), supporting Aboriginal programs and policy to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the justice system.
- Programs and support services for cohorts that require a specialist or targeted response such as women, those with disability, as well as ageing and culturally and linguistically diverse offenders.
- Transition and reintegration activity and programs in prison through to post-release.
- Family engagement and parenting programs.
- Family Violence interventions and support services for victim survivors and perpetrators.
- (*Corrections Victoria honours, respects and thanks the Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation for the use of their language to name Corrections Victoria's Cultural Integrity and Resilience Unit)._

The Prison Disability Support Initiative (PDSI) is a newly implemented state-wide disability support service. The PDSI aims to:

- Improve the identification of people accommodated within the prison system with cognitive impairments and associated complex disability needs.
- Enhance the capacity of prison staff and stakeholders, particularly custodial staff, to effectively support people accommodated within prison settings who demonstrate cognitive impairments.
- Enhance decision-making about all aspects of supporting those people whilst accommodated in a prison setting, including decisions relating to: placement, case management, rehabilitation options, and transition and reintegration needs.
- Provide evidence-based therapeutic intervention to improve the independent functioning of people accommodated within prison settings who demonstrate cognitive impairments.
- Support people accommodated within prison settings who demonstrate cognitive impairments to access appropriate disability support services.

**About the Role**

The Disability Support Officer (DSO), of the PDSI, provides an integral disability support co-ordination role within the disability support stream of the PDSI service. The PDSI team consists of a manager and a multidisciplinary team of clinical and disability support staff. PDSI s

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