Case Manager/court Assessment and Prosecutions Officer

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:$89,292 - $96,073

**Grade**:CCP3

**Occupation**: Prison and Corrective Services

**Location**: Bendigo

**Reference**: DJCS/1075_MAY25

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 position based in Bendigo**:

- **Hybrid position: support community safety through case management and advise the courts on an individual's court order suitability**:

- **Comprehensive training and career development offered**

The Case Manager/Court Assessment and Prosecutions Officer carries dual responsibilities of assessing and prosecuting individuals at court along with providing evidence-based case management practices to a caseload of individuals assessed at a medium or high risk of reoffending.

You will also utilise evidence-based case management practices to actively engage people on your caseload and ensure responsive, targeted interventions to assist in reducing their risk of reoffending, supporting people to successfully complete their court orders, while balancing risks to community safety.

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

- experience or understanding of effective case management practices; proactively managing risk with more complex individuals
- experience or understanding of modelling pro-social behaviours with an ability to motivate and influence individuals
- experience or understanding of court processes, prosecutions or related areas
- assertiveness and confidence in dealing with individuals exhibiting challenging behaviours.

A relevant qualification in social work, law, human services, criminal justice or criminology, or experience in a court advice, assessments or prosecutions is also desirable.

For more details regarding these positions, please contact:
**About us**

**Why work with us?**

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we provide every person with the means to achieve their potential through ongoing learning and development opportunities in a diverse, equitable and supportive environment. In addition, we provide:

- A fair salary
- Generous leave entitlements
- Transparent performance framework
- Employee Wellbeing support
- Comprehensive training when you commence and throughout your career
- Secondments and promotions
- Click here to read more about our benefits
- Read about how you will be supported in your role with CCS

**_ _**How to apply**

**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.

Applications close Sunday 13 July 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 02 May 2025