Offender Management Supervisor

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $89,705 - $96,937

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/4676_NOV

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?
- ** Exciting opportunity to proactively contribute to the developing, implementing, reinforcing, and reviewing of offender management practices and procedures.**:

- **Ongoing opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service based in at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.**:

- **COG Grade 3: $89,705 - $96,937 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking an Offender Management Supervisor to play a critical role at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.

**About the business unit**

The Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group, comprising Corrections Victoria (CV), Justice Health and Justice Services, plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.

CV is responsible for the implementation of policies, programs and services that ensure the safe and secure containment of prisoners, and that seek to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

CV also sets strategy, policy and standards for the management of the state's system of correctional facilities whilst also developing programs for the management and rehabilitation of prisoners and the community-based supervision of offenders.

As part of the CJS group, the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) is a 568-bed medium to maximum-security facility for female offenders located within the West Metropolitan Area, Department of Justice and Community Safety. DPFC recognises that women's pathway to offending is different to men and that women engaged in the criminal justice system often have a history of complex trauma. DPFC polices and procedures are gender responsive and based on Trauma Informed Practice principles.

**About the role**

The role of Offender Management Supervisors in prisons is to act as “change agents” by mentoring and training custodial staff regarding offender management practices, promote good practice through quality assurance activities and develop and improve their locations offender management processes to ensure they are in line with the Offender Management Framework.

You may be required to work flexible hours including weekends and public holidays and attend to urgent work as required. Appropriate remuneration will be applied for the above in accordance with the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2020.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**
- Demonstrated knowledge the Reducing Re-offending Framework, the Offender Management Framework, Trauma Informed Practice Principles and offender management/case management practices in custodial settings.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in a correctional environment including to a team of correctional staff.

**Qualifications**
- Completion of the Prison Officer Pre-service Training or a willingness to undertake and complete the provided Prison Officer Pre-Service Training is required.
- Certificate III in Correctional Practice (Custodial) or similar is desirable.
- Certificate IV Training and Assessment is desirable.

**How to apply**

Please submit a copy of a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for this position as outlined in the attached position description. Attachments can be uploaded in.doc,.docx,.pdf,.txt or.rtf formats.

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the _Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)_. Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vacc