Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $79,122 - $96,073
Grade: VPS 3
Occupation: Prison and corrective services
Location: Hume - Indigo
Reference: VG/DJCS6595
Utilise your programs expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria
Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
Corrections Victoria is a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). Corrections Victoria's vision is for ‘Safer prisons, safer people, safer communities'. Our mission is to have ‘A safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions'. The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum-security facility with a focus on preparing individuals for release and successful reintegration back into society. It offers various working industries with the men given the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills that will effectively link them to employment on release. When not engaged in work, the men attend rehabilitative programs to address their offending behaviour, engage in education and visits whilst many also engage in recreation and community assistance programs.
About the Role:
The Program Facilitator form.s part of the multi-disciplinary Programs Team, which is responsible for the development, co-ordination and delivery of a range of programs and services across several specialist portfolios: transition and reintegration, family engagement, disability, diversity and complex care. The Program Facilitator co-ordinates and delivers a range of programs that address the rehabilitation needs of remand and sentenced cohorts. This includes providing support, guidance and motivation to program participants to ensure effective engagement, positive behaviour change, and life skills development. The position contributes to the delivery of the Corrections Victoria Reintegration Pathway and participates in case-planning and case management activity, as required.
Some of your duties will include:
Contribute to the development, co-ordination and delivery of a range of offence-related programs.
Assess suitability and eligibility for program participation and align program activity to individual case plan goals.
Provide appropriate support, guidance and motivation to people in care; encourage program participation, engagement with program content and the development of life skills.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position des.cription.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
Demonstrated understanding of the rehabilitation needs and issues experienced by people in custody.
Experience in co-ordinating and facilitating programs, preferably within a rehabilitation or social services field.
Demonstrated capability to work with people who are difficult to engage individually, and in group settings.
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 form.ats.
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 form.at to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
IMPORTANT INf orm.ATION:
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.