Disability Support Officer, Prison Disability Support Initiative
24 hours 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.**:
- **New ongoing, full-time role at Loddon Middleton Prison Precinct**:
- **VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation.**
**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.
This position takes place atLoddon Middleton Prison Precinct, with occasional attendance at 50 Franklin Street, Melbourne when required.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description
**About You**:
- Demonstrated experience working with, and implementing supports for people who demonstrate cognitive impairments
- Demonstrated experience in leading case
- co-ordination, support pathway planning, advocacy and providing supportive services to people who demonstrate cognitive impairments
- An understanding of the challenges involved in working within a forensic environment
- Demonstrated experience working within the field of disability and/or the criminal justice system.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- Relevant tertiary qualification or experience in the field of allied health or the disability sector is highly desirable for this role.
- A valid Victorian driver's licence is required for this role.
**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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