Community Corrections Officer, Bourke & Broken Hill Community Corrections - Talent Pool Creation

Community Corrections Officer, Clerk Grade 5/6, Bourke Community Corrections and Broken Hill Community Corrections

Location – Bourke and Broken Hill

Employment type – Talent Pool Creation to fill ongoing and temporary roles

Salary – Clerk Grade 5/6 Salary ($97,027 pa - $107,059 pa) + Superannuation + Annual Leave Loading.

Corrective Services NSW acknowledges lived experience and how it contributes to the valuable work we do with the community.

We strongly encourage and support applications from people who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander descent. While all applications are welcome, once we have determined through merit-based assessment which candidates meet the pre-established standards of the role we will select the candidate who is also of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander descent.

Your role

At Community Corrections, we aim to reduce the impact of crime on the community by effectively case managing offenders to achieve resettlement and successful order completion. We are looking for people who are prepared to do their very best in line with our values and behaviours with a strong focus on community safety. You will be joining a high functioning and diverse team who value working together as a team and provide support to each other in a highly demanding and rapidly changing environment.

Community Corrections Officers are trained to provide case management for offenders being supervised on community-based orders such as Parole Orders, Intensive Corrections Orders and Community Corrections Orders and work with offenders in custody to prepare for their release into the community on parole.

What you’ll do

This role may require successful candidates to work with offenders in the community and/or correctional centres.  You will monitor long and short- term goals and strategies with offenders and use various methods to monitor offenders’ compliance and conduct home visits. We provide great working conditions with strong work culture focus and staff engagement activities. There are extensive training opportunities and promotion opportunities as you progress. If you enjoy writing, working with a great team, and liaising across multiple stakeholders then this work will interest you!

Successful candidates will be required to complete a mandatory four-week, in-person, paid training program at our Brush Farm Academy, which is a key component of the Certificate IV in Correctional Practice curriculum.

What we’re looking for

• We are seeking a proactive and dedicated individual with a background in social work, or professional experience working with individuals who display challenging behaviours. 
• A positive minded individual who is resilient by nature and able to effectively build positive relationships within a multidisciplinary team environment. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to build positive working relationships 

For more information on the day-to-day life of a Community Corrections Officer, review – A Day in the life of a CCO & Resilience as a CCO

Download the role description.

Essential requirements
•    Current driver’s licence and have a willingness/ability to drive within NSW. (P1 or above)

To learn more about the role, including what is involved in the job, watch this YouTube video and Community Corrections Career page. 

For more information about visit Community Corrections and visit the DCJ Aboriginal Careers webpage

Aboriginal candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information?  Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the capabilities and requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 3 pages).

To strengthen your application we recommend you review specifically the Capability Application Tool to give you examples of interview questions and to understand how we recruit and measure your capability for the role.

Applications close SUNDAY 9 February 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Kyle Dunn on 0880 823000 or kyle.dunn@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Karen Honnery on 02 8688 2811 or via Karen.Honnery@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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