Assessment and Transition Coordinator

Utilise your management expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria.
- Ongoing - Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 3: $72,751 - $88,336 plus superannuation.

**About the Business Unit**:
The Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group, comprising Corrections Victoria (CV), Justice Health and Justice Services, plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.

**About the Role**:
The ATCs play a crucial role within the Victorian Corrections System as the administrators of the Corrections Victoria Reintegration Pathway (CVRP). ATCs are responsible for assessing prisoners' transitional needs, referring to pre and post release support programs and services, and assisting in prisoner discharge planning. ATCs also undertake prisoner risk and needs assessments. The position will also liaise with Community Correctional Services in relation to parole planning, transition to Community Correctional Orders and the facilitation and sharing of information.

**Some of your duties will include**:

- Participate in the development, coordination and delivery of prisoner risk assessment and pre-release services within a prison location.
- Undertake prisoner risk assessments and needs assessments and contribute to the Case Management Review process.
- Support the delivery of the CV Reintegration Program at the prison location.

**About you**:

- Demonstrated understanding of the specific transition and reintegration issues and needs of female 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.
- Capacity to work collaboratively with all stakeholders in a prison setting.

Qualifications/Requirements
- A tertiary qualification in an appropriate discipline is highly desirable. Demonstrated skills and experience in human services, welfare practice or related fields are highly desirable.
- Skills and experience in using evidence-based approaches to engage complex clients is highly regarded.

**How to Apply**:
Please submit a resume and a copy of your cover letter outlining your suitability for this role as described in the attached position.

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**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.
At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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 three 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.