Recreation, Health and Wellbeing Officer

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

**Salary**:$80,862 - $92,988

**Grade**:Cog2B

**Occupation**: Prison and Corrective Services

**Location**: Loddon

**Reference**: VG/5201FEBRUARY2025

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 Tarrengower Prison**:

- **An Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **Cog2B: $80,862 - $92,988 plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**:
Tarrengower is a minimum security prison accommodating up to 72 female offenders and is situated 2 kms from Maldon in Central Victoria. Tarrengower's emphasis is on release preparation and community reintegration through the provisions of programs within a rehabilitative environment. Tarrengower emphasises the principles of a healthy prison where children can be accommodated with their mothers ensuring the family unit is maintained and developed. Tarrengower strongly recognises cultural diversity, respecting individual religious, spiritual and cultural beliefs. Tarrengower has an operating model based on trauma informed practice and with a focus on child safe principles.

**About the Role**:
This position will report to the Offender Services Supervisor. You will be required to facilitate and coordinate a range of programs and recreation activities to the prison population. The role will involve the scheduling of programs, resources, and service providers to suit the operational needs of the prison.

This position will require direct prisoner contact to assist with facilitating contact between prisoners and service providers and you may be required to work flexible hours or shift work, including weekends and public holidays. Appropriate remuneration will be applied for the above in accordance with applicable Victorian Public Service Agreement.

Some of your duties will include:

- Planning, developing and implementing prisoner programs and activities
- Assessing the program and recreational needs of Tarrengower's prison population, preparing program proposals for the Offender Services Manager, and assessing the effectiveness of the programs and activities that are offered
- Co-ordinating external program service providers including community groups, not for profit organisations, and contracted providers.

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

**About You**:

- Demonstrated experience in the planning and delivery of transitional and/or recreational programs
- Skills or experience in the development or funding/grant submissions
- The ability to accept changed priorities without undue discomfort while responding quickly to changes. Comfortable working in collaboration with teams outside of own organisation.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- A qualification in health and/or fitness or similar 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.

Applications close Tuesday 25 February 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 11 February 2025