Offender Services Supervisor

Location: North West Region | Mount Alexander

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/5653-JULY23

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?
- ** Assist in development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based programs**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to coordinate programs and interventions**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Offender Services Supervisor to provide a critical role at Tarrengower Prison within Corrections Victoria.

**About the Business Unit**

Tarrengower is a minimum-security prison accommodating up to 72 female offenders and is situated 2 kms from Maldon in Central Victoria. Tarrengower's emphasis is on release preparation and community reintegration through the provision of programs within a rehabilitative environment. Tarrengower emphasises the principles of a healthy prison where children can be accommodated with their mothers ensuring the family unit is maintained and developed. Tarrengower strongly recognises cultural diversity, respecting individual religious, spiritual, and cultural beliefs

**About the Role**

The Offender Services Supervisor will be a suitably experienced individual with training and experience in the coordination of individual and group programs and interventions. The role will involve the sourcing and coordinating of services and psycho-educational skills-based programs to meet the needs of the women in custody. All programs delivered aim to reduce the risk of re-offending by assisting offenders to develop key skills to support their reintegration into the community. The Offender Services Supervisor will also have a role in case consultation, behavioural management, and resolving issues concerned with program participation/engagement and attendance, in consultation with the Case Management Review Committee at the location and other key stakeholders as required.

The Offender Services Supervisor role is to assist in development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based programs, according to current correctional philosophies, legislative requirements, prison policies and correctional standards. The role involves direct prisoner contact and may involve occasional weekend and public holiday work, in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Agreement

Some of your duties will include:

- Coordinate psycho-educational skills-based programs.
- Manage the delivery of vocational and transitional programs.
- Provide oversight of the supported distance education program under the guidance of the Offender Services Manager.
- Deliver performance management and professional development guidance and support via regular supervision meetings with members of the Offender Services team.

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:

- Knowledge of and experience in dealing with the limitations imposed on offenders in a correctional environment.
- Demonstrated experience in both facilitating and coordinating prison-based programs (highly desirable).

**Qualifications**
- A relevant tertiary qualification in the human services, or welfare fields is desirable.

**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 w