Community Work Officer - South East Metro Region

About this role

• 2 x Full time, ongoing positions based in Melbourne's South-East
• Promote rehabilitation through meaningful community work
• Be part of a highly motivated and supportive team who take pride in their work

About us

Community Correctional Services (CCS) contributes to the safety of the community by applying practices that reduce reoffending and connecting individuals to programs, services and community. CCS provides management of individuals on court orders, people who have committed serious sex offences on post sentence supervision and people on parole.   

The majority of individuals on Community Corrections Orders (CCOs) are required to undertake unpaid community work as a condition of their order. Community Work and Partnerships is one of four service delivery streams within CCS. We are responsible for the development of mutually beneficial partnerships with government agencies and non-government organisations so that individuals who have offended can undertake unpaid work as part of their community based sentence imposed by the Courts of Victoria. Read more about the work they do here.

About the role

As the Community Work Officer, you will be responsible for providing community work opportunities and contracts to enable individuals to complete their community work hours and orders successfully. You will administer relevant community work practices including monitoring attendance and compliance with requirements at community work placements and contracting individuals to appropriate local community work sites.

You will build and maintain effective relationships with Community Work Supervisors (field staff), community work partners and other relevant stakeholders, produce reports and standard documentation in line with procedural guidelines and undertake on-site risk assessments or other occupational health and safety processes as required.

We are currently recruiting two full time, ongoing positions: one position will be required to work Sundays and four weekdays (e.g. Sunday to Thursday), and one position which will involve primarily Monday to Friday work, with the potential to work weekends. Rosters are subject to change and successful candidates are required to be flexible to business needs.

The Community Work Officer will be primarily based at Dandenong although may be required to work in other locations across the South East Metropolitan region as required. Penalty rates will be paid for work performed on weekends.

To be successful in this role you will:

• strive for service excellence, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• be able to self-manage, using available information to make sound, timely and well informed decisions
• be flexible and adaptable to change
• have computer proficiency, including in the use of the Microsoft Office suite, electronic document management systems and internal databases.

Relevant experience in a related community services, not for profit or community development field is also desirable.

For further information about this position, please refer to the attached position description. For additional queries, please contact Carol Bakkar – A/Manager, Community Work and Partnerships on 0427 044 576.

Why work with us?

• 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

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

For all VPS employees, due to the new JSE policy, please apply through the JSE only to be considered for this position.

For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.

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.