Disability Support Officer, Prison Disability Support Initiative
5 days ago
**Better support, better outcomes: help people in custody with disabilities get the care they need**:
- **Help people understand their disability and better manage their behaviours**:
- **Fixed term to 30 June 2026 - hybrid position combines office-based work at 50 Franklin Street with in-prison service delivery across metropolitan and regional prisons in Victoria, ensuring comprehensive and responsive support for service users with diverse clinical needs**:
- **VPS3 salary: $79,122 to $96,073 plus superannuation**
**About us**
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is responsible for promoting community safety through the effective management and provision of rehabilitation and reparation opportunities to prisoners and offenders under custodial and community-based supervision.
The Offender Services and Reintegration division of Corrections Victoria (CV) is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of reoffending including case management, education, employment, and transition and reintegration supports. The Rehabilitation and Reintegration Branch (RRB) is responsible for a range of rehabilitation and reintegration programs and services.
**Where you will be working**
The Prison Disability Support Initiative (PDSI) is a state-wide rehabilitation service that assists people in custody with cognitive impairments and complex disability needs. The PDSI is a unit within Corrections Victoria, which is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety.
The PDSI aims to:
- **Identify** prisoners with neurological and physical impairments.
- **Assess**disabilityneeds to inform decisions on placement, case management and rehabilitation.
- **Educate** corrections staff on how to better understand and support the people in their care.
- **Link** individuals with appropriate disability support services.
**What you will do**
As a Disability Support Officer for the PDSI, you will support people in Victorian prisons who demonstrate signs of cognitive impairment and who have a range of disability associated needs, by:
- **engaging directly**with people in custody with suspected or confirmed disability to understand their needs.
- **keeping accurate clinical** **records** and ensuring all work follows professional and legal guidelines.
- **advising staff and external agencies** on the best ways to support people with disability and complex needs.
- **training corrections staff** to better understand and respond to cognitive impairment and challenging behaviours.
- Participate in **training and team development** to improve services.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
**How to apply**
**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.
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