Field Officer

Location: Geelong

Job type: Casual

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $64,442 - $71,194

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DOJ/S664_DEC

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 young people and recognises that young peoples’ 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?
- ** Help put offenders on the right path and benefit your local community**:

- **Multiple casual positions based in North Geelong**:

- **Casual rate of approximately $40 per hour**

Do you:

- _want a job where you can work outside in the fresh air rather than being stuck behind a desk?_
- _have good communication skills and want to be a key role model to offenders to help put them on the right path?_
- _better your local community in a unique and rewarding role?_

If so, then read on

**Who are we?**

**Community Work and Partnerships** is one of four service delivery streams within Community Correctional Services (CCS). We are responsible for the development of mutually beneficial partnerships with government agencies and non-government organisations so that offenders can undertake unpaid work as part of their community-based sentence imposed by the Courts of Victoria. Community work serves as a valuable way for offenders to pay back the community while also reconnecting and reintegrating into the community.

**What does a Field Officer do?**

Your primary responsibility as a Field Officer will be to supervise a team of offenders at community work sites and other community work programs. As a key role model in your work, you will represent the Department in a professional and ethical manner at all times and promote the rehabilitative benefits of community work programs to offenders to enhance community safety.

**A day in the life of a Field Officer...**
- Your shift starts at a Community Corrections location where you collect a bus/ trailer with equipment. You then drive to a site to collect a group of up to 11 offenders, sign them on and transport them to a partner not-for-profit organisation in the community. Tasks for the day involve litter collection, mowing and weeding. Your responsibility is to instruct the offenders to safely perform each task and monitor the work performed for the partner site before returning them to the drop off point and returning to your depot._
- OR_
- Your shift could start at a Community Corrections location to pick up an esky of food. You travel to a local community centre to meet a group of offenders who will cook meals for disadvantaged community members accessing services at this community centre. As a skilled cook you will oversee and monitor the quality of meals created and ensure food safety processes are followed. You monitor clean up before ending your shift._
- OR_
- You attend work at a Community Corrections location to meet a group of offenders. You access the warehouse at this facility to run a bike repair program with the offenders so that these bikes can be donated to disadvantaged community members or local schools. You share your mechanical skills and knowledge with the offenders and monitor/ oversee the quality of the work performed so that the bikes are safe to be donated._

**Expected work hours**

This is a casual position and we are currently looking for someone who can do 1-3 regular shifts per week with a preference to be able to do more to cover periods of leave when needed.

**To be successful in becoming a Field Officer, you will**:

- Have supervisory experience and demonstrated capability in setting work tasks.
- Be able to communicate and demonstrate a range of tasks and ensure a safe environment for offender work teams.
- Have experience towing a trailer and be able to transport offenders and equipment in a mini-bus to and from community work sites.
- Quickly build rapport in order to understand the motivations of others, identify issues and suggest courses of action appropriate to their needs.
- Have demonstrated ability to manage conflict and strong problem-solving skills.
- Model appropriate behaviours and attitudes to assist offenders to develop new skills and work practices.

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