• Location - Emu Plains Correctional Centre including Jacaranda Cottages 
• Employment type - Ongoing full-time role (35hrs per week) 
• Salary - Clerk Grade 5/6; ($97,027.00 - $107,059) plus Environmental Allowance + superannuation + leave loading)
• This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only

Your role

As a Services and Programs Officer, you will report to the Service Integration Team Leader, you will play a key role in delivering targeted services and programs to two diverse cohorts within Emu Plains Correctional Centre. The main centre will house male offenders with a C3 classification whilst Jacaranda Cottages will house women with various classifications, as part of the Mothers and Childrens Program

What you’ll do

• Provide services of assessment, case management, individual crisis, and fundamental support interventions for sentenced and remand inmates.
• Provide group based accredited or approved programs to offenders within a correctional centre.
• Work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders – including offenders, families, multi-disciplinary staff, and agency members that support our work.
• Develop networks with key internal and external agencies to enhance positive outcomes for offenders.

What we’re looking for

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities
• A passionate professional with an interest in working within the Mothers and Childrens Program and a deep understanding of the complexities faced by female offenders, particularly those balancing motherhood with rehabilitation.
• Demonstrated ability and experience in assessment, case management and intervention with clients with complex welfare and alcohol and drug related needs.
• Demonstrated ability and/or experience in delivering group-based interventions.
• Knowledge and understanding of the transitional factors affecting offenders and their families.

Essential requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in social work, psychology, mental health, or other human services fields; and/or demonstrated relevant equivalent experience working with family, social and/or drug and alcohol related issues.
• Current drivers’ licence with ability and willingness to travel throughout NSW.
• Current Certificate IV in Correctional Practice with the necessary units of competency for this role or capacity to complete Certificate IV in Correctional Practice in accordance with specified CSNSW timeframes. 

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons, Australia’s First Nations people.

 Where a position is identified, an applicant’s race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. Either will be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

• is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
• identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
• is accepted as a such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Download the role description.

Please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

For more information and advice on applying for roles at DCJ, visit Careers for Aboriginal people.

Successful candidates will be mandated to undertake a four-week, in-person training program at our Brush Farm Academy as an integral component of the Certificate IV in Correctional Practice curriculum. 

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.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) 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 now, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining your interest how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 3 pages), that showcases your skills and experience relevant to the position, along with the contact details of two referees, one of which must be your current manager.