Prison Officer Capital Works
3 days ago
Utilise your corrective services expertise to provide support and advice to the Corrections Victoria branch
- A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- COG2A: $59,233 - $76,065 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 Southwest 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 male prisoners, including high security, long term management, protection (including specialist protection), general mainstream (maximum security) and medium security prisoners.
About the role
The responsibility of an escort officer is to assist in maintaining the security and good order of the prison through searches, escorting duties, observing, and assessing prisoner behaviour and changes in your environment. This role requires the operation of security equipment, collating information, preparing reports, and effectively responding to prison incidents when required.
**Some of your duties will include**:
- Working with all members of the prison to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff, and visitors
- Conducting patrols, searches and security related activities ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures
- Maintaining high quality documentation in relation to case files, prisoner assessments, and report preparation.
The Prison Officer works an 8/80 roster. There are overtime options for Saturdays attached to the project works also.
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**:
- The ability to cooperate and work well with others in pursuit of team goals; share information and acknowledge others' efforts; step in to help others where required.
- The ability to understand and identify how your own work is part of a system that connects to and interacts with other processes, people, and structures
- The ability to execute work tasks both against plan and where plans are not defined
- You must be able to prioritise tasks in terms of their urgency and impact and utilise approved task management tools while maintaining accurate project records.
Quaifications/Requirements
- A full and current Victorian driver's licence.
**How to Apply**:
**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**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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