Court Assessment and Prosecutions Officer

Location: Geelong

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $82,101 - $88,336

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DOJ/1418_OCT

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?
- ** Ongoing, Full Time opportunity based in Geelong**:

- **Advise and provide recommendations to the courts**:

- **Salary range of $82,101 - $88,336 per annum plus superannuation**

**About us**

**About the role**

This role will also provide timely, high quality, evidence-based advice to stakeholders (including the judiciary involved in the sentencing process) regarding an assessment of an offender's risk to community safety and their capacity to undertake a court order.

The position will be required to adhere to local or regional rostering arrangements and other staffing management practices as directed.

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:

- experience or knowledge of court processes, prosecutions or related areas
- an ability to provide human services in needs assessment and development of interventions
- capability to provide evidence based advice and recommendations to the court that maximise offender responsiveness interventions
- an ability to manage offenders exhibiting challenging behaviours and escalate as required.

For more details regarding this position, please contact:

- **Natalie Glastonbury - Supervisor, Court Assessment and Prosecutions on (03) 5215 8528.**

**_FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**How to apply**
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply._

**_ 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 vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes. _
- Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19. _
- Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the _DJCS Service Portal_. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time)._
- Acceptable evidence includes:_
- _COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your _myGov_ account)_
- _Your immunisation history statement (available via your _myGov_ account)_
- Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses._