ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Current First Aid Certificate or the willingness to obtain one prior to the commencement of employment.
• A Working with Children Check if and where required.
• Successful completion of the Security Awareness and Management of Female offenders training course.
• Current driver’s licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle in the course of performing the role.
• Formal post-secondary educational qualifications and experience in welfare related work or social science environment, or significant experience gained by working in that area is highly desirable
• Aboriginality
• Preparedness to undertake shift work in a rotating roster, as required.
• 7 Day rotating roster, 4 x shifts
• 6:15am – 2:30pm
• 2:15pm – 10:30pm
• 10:15pm – 6:30am
• 11:30am – 7:30pm
  As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons
  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.

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YOUR ROLE

You will provide support and assistance to female residents of the Transitional Centre including the provision of clear and accessible channels of communication, counselling, negotiation and assessment services on a range of family, social and legal issues to contribute to the transition from correctional to post-release living

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As part of this role, the successful applicants must be willing to deliver a high level of support and assistance to female residents within the centres including by providing clear and accessible channels of communication, counselling, negotiation and assessment services on a range of family, social and legal issues to contribute to the transition from correctional to post-release living.
Within this role you will be escorting residents to necessary appointments, job interviews, assisting residents find employment, supporting residents in re-developing social and housekeeping skills, maintain strict confidentiality in record keeping relating to admission and discharge of residents, develop professional relationship with the residents and promote an environment of mutual trust, empathy and understanding, assist with the development of case plans and engage with community Stakeholders.

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

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