Case Managers - all roles, Community Correctional Services

About this role

• Now recruiting new case managers, as well as advanced, specialist and Aboriginal case managers.
• Work in a team dedicated to helping people make positive changes to their lives.
• Enjoy generous leave entitlements, including parental, study and cultural leave.
• Earn $83,333 - $103,725 per year (plus super) in a Victorian Public Service role full of future opportunities. 
  

About Community Correctional Services

Community Correctional Services (CCS) is a state-wide service that manages offenders on court orders, serious sex offenders on post sentence supervision and prisoners on parole.

Evidence suggests that, when a person's risk profile allows it, community-based rehabilitation is more effective at addressing offending behaviour than time in custody.

CCS staff are based out of justice service centres across Victoria, and are dedicated, compassionate and supportive role models to the people they work with.

Learn more about CCS

Why we love this work

If you join CCS, you will work closely with a diverse array of offenders. These are people who have made unfortunate decisions in challenging situations. Often, their actions have been incited by traumatic life experiences.

In your work, you will hear another person's story. You will come to understand their world view. And you will hold them accountable for their decisions. You will be part of giving offenders a second chance to make a more positive contribution to the community.

Your job won't always be easy, but with a strong work ethic and a belief in what you're doing, you will be able to take pride in your work and will know what it's like to make a genuine difference in someone else's life.

The way progress is measured will differ with each person you work with. However, some examples of moments when CCS staff report feeling like they've made an impact include when an offender:

• successfully completes their parole
• handles a stressful event without reacting with anger
• finds employment thanks to skills developed or facilitated through community corrections.

Read about how you will be supported in your role with CCS

What a case manager does

As a case manager, you will help a caseload of offenders meet their court and parole conditions. You will also help connect them to community programs and services.

Your objective is to reduce the risk of your caseload reoffending. There are a range of ways you will do this, including:

• conducting risk assessments
• preparing case plans
• providing interventions
• attempting to address the underlying causes of offending.

Learn more about what a case manager does

In addition to case managers, we are also recruiting:

Aboriginal case managers ($83,333 - $89,661) and Aboriginal advanced case managers ($91,418 - $103,725) who work with a caseload focused on Aboriginal offenders.

Advanced case managers ($91,418 - $103,725) are responsible for applying evidence-based case management practices to offenders with complex needs and those who have committed serious offences.

Specialist case managers ($91,418 - $103,725) work primarily with sex and violent offenders.

What's in it for you 

✔ A fair salary – enjoy great work conditions and salary sacrificing options. Case managers report high satisfaction in their wages.

✔ Generous leave entitlements – provisions for many forms of leave; including personal, parental, carers, study, cultural, compassionate and sick leave.

✔ Transparent performance framework – approach your work with confidence in how you're tracking, working to professional development plans agreed on by you and your manager.

✔ Employee Wellbeing support – you are encouraged to use this short-term, confidential counselling service if you're experiencing emotional stress, relationship problems, conflict with others or personal issues. It is also available for financial counselling and retirement planning.

✔ Secondments and promotions – becoming a member of the Victorian Public Service opens up a world of career opportunities, including the first priority to apply for many secondments and new roles in other business units and departments.

What we're looking for in new case managers

At CCS, we regularly give new opportunities to promising candidates moving from other workplaces and similar industries, and we also support current staff to advance their careers.

When appointing new case managers, we evaluate how your professional experience and personal qualities set you up to thrive in the job.

We look for:

• a demonstrated understanding and/or practice of effective case management practices
• excellent verbal communication skills and confidence in dealing with people exhibiting challenging behaviours
• a proven ability to model pro-social behaviours to a caseload of individuals
• empathy, patience and resilience.

If you've read this far and feel like you would be an effective community corrections case manager, please apply now.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply. 

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working towards increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) workforce. The Aboriginal Employment Team aims to attract, recruit and retain Aboriginal staff in a number of roles, including prison officers, community corrections officers and field officers. This support includes a culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment process. To learn more, click here or email aboriginal.employment@justice.vic.gov.au

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:

1.   COVID-19 digital certificate (available via your myGov account)

2.   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.