Community Corrections Officer, Clerk Grade 5/7, Silverwater Parole Unit

at  NSW Department of Communities and Justice

ABOUT US

Silverwater Parole Unit is a large Community Corrections office within the Metropolitan West District it oversees the releases of inmates over four correctional centres and one transitional centre. There are parole offices at four of the five centres. These centres vary in levels of security and type of inmates housed.
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SILVERWATER PAROLE UNIT

Location: Silverwater Parole Unit
Employment Type: Ongoing Permanent – Full Time: Monday – Friday + Flex Time
Salary: $93, 295 -$109,194 pa + Superannuation - Annual Leave Loading

YOUR ROLE

As a Community Corrections Officer you will sit in a Correctional Centre within the Silverwater Complex and will be required to work across all centres on-site. Whilst you will be subject to Correctional Centre Policy and Procedures (including no mobile phones, biometric entry/exit, random drug and alcohol testing, dress code and restrictions on items being bought into the centre), you will benefit from having direct access to Inmates, stakeholders, and services.
You will embed evidence-based practices across all areas of your work and target responses to the areas that will allow the greatest impacts to be made with the Inmates you are working with.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

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.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS ROLE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR APPLICATION.

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Benefits of working at the Parole Unit:

• Monthly offsite training and development days
• Onsite parking
• Managing a case load of high-risk offenders and serious sex and/or serious violent offenders
• Exposure working with offenders with complex needs including serious behaviour and/or mental health issues.
• Working with a diverse range of stakeholders including Serious Offenders Review Council (SORC), Justice Health (JH), Service and Programs, Case Management, Psychologists, DCJ Housing, Police, NGO’s, NDIS, Child Protection Unit, and many more
• Providing advice to releasing authorities including State Parole Authority, Attorney Generals