Remand Program Facilitator

Location: Western Region | Ararat

Job type: Full time / 30/06/2026

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $76,817 - $93,275

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/5849OCTOBER2024

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?
- ** Utilise your Prison and Corrective Services expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria at Hopkins Correctional Centre**:

- **A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service until 30th June 2026**:

- **VPS Grade 3: $76,817 -$93,275 plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**:
Hopkins Correctional Centre (HCC) is a medium security prison located at Ararat, Victoria for prisoners with protection requirements and prisoners on remand.

**About the Role**:
The Remand Programs Facilitator is part of the Vocational Services Team at HCC. Reporting to the Reintegration Services Supervisor, the Remand Program Facilitator is primarily responsible for the coordination and facilitation of a suite of programs for remand prisoners along with associated administrative tasks that support prisoners' preparation for release.

The role of the Vocational Services Team is to prepare prisoners for release and to enhance post release employment opportunities through integrated on the job training, targeted educational opportunities and personal development programs and activities. The Remand Program Facilitator will work within the HCC reintegration team and will be required to work closely with ATC's and other reintegration staff to address the specific needs of remand prisoners.

Some of your duties will include:

- Establishing and maintaining appropriate data collection and monitoring processes for program delivery that includes referrals, scheduling, program attendance records and adherence to the remand service delivery model
- Liaising and consulting with contracted providers delivering pre
- and post-release services, and referring individual prisoners to CV Reintegration Pathway, according to eligibility requirements
- Developing and contributing to informed program planning and program delivery within the region.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About You**:

- Experience in facilitation of psycho-educational programs to individuals and groups
- Experience in and/or understanding of working within a correctional environment
- Demonstrated understanding of transition and reintegration issues and needs of prisoners
- Demonstrated ability to administer risk assessment tools with individual prisoners
- Demonstrated capacity or aptitude to work with clients who are difficult to engage individually and in group work settings.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- Expertise in programs and service delivery/coordination within a correctional environment is highly desirable.

**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.