Community Corrections Officer

Division: Community Industry & Capacity
- Location: Lismore, NSW, AU, 2480
- Req ID: 78023

**Community Corrections Officer**

**Lismore and Casino Community Corrections,**

**North District, Corrective Services NSW**

**Location**: Lismore and Casino Community Corrections

**Salary**: Clerk Grade 5/6 ($99, 938 pa to $110,270 pa) plus Employer’s contribution to Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading

**Position Type**: Talent Pool Creation for Ongoing and Temporary Full-Time roles and Part-Time roles.

**Training**: Paid training with a Certificate IV in Correctional Practice

**Join us Now. Become a Community Corrections Officer to make a difference**

**Your role**

As a Community Corrections Officer, you will join a dedicated and dynamic team focused on offender rehabilitation and enhancing community safety. In this role, you will collaborate with individuals under supervision to develop and implement rehabilitative strategies, monitor progress toward established goals, and conduct home visits to ensure compliance with conditions. You will benefit from a supportive work environment and opportunities to engage in staff activities, all while making a meaningful impact in the community.

**What you’ll do**
- Community Corrections Officers are trained to provide case management for offenders being supervised on community-based orders such as Parole Orders, Intensive Corrections Orders and Community Corrections Orders and work with offenders in custody to prepare for their release into the community on parole.

This role offers extensive training opportunities and pathways for career advancement. If you have a strong interest in writing, enjoy collaborating with a dedicated team, and working with a variety of stakeholders, this position may be a great fit for you.

**_ _**What we’re looking for**
- Individuals committed to upholding our values and behaviours, with a strong focus on ensuring community safety.
- A dedication to fostering positive relationships between Communities and Justice, with particular emphasis on supporting the local Aboriginal and CALD communities.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate integrity in all interactions.
- Experience in case management, along with high resilience, strong motivation, and a proactive, positive attitude.
- Develop and implement effective strategies while demonstrating decisiveness in managing emotionally charged situations and addressing complex or controversial issues.

For more information on the day-to-day life of a Community Corrections Officer, review - A Day in the life of a CCO & Resilience as a CCO

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**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
- Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

**We do work that really matters**

Working for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**
- Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements/ focus capabilities of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

**_ We are looking for you to demonstrate your competency in the focus capabilities as detailed in the role description in your cover letter_**

**Applications close**Sunday**12 October 2025**at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

**Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit**

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months for **Lismore and Casino ONLY.**

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

**_ The Welcome Experience_**:
The careers site currently promotes this service on the ‘Discover roles with DCJ in regional NSW’ page.