Community Service Field Officer - Causal -Lismore/Casino Hub

Casual Community Service Field Officer,

Corrective Services NSW

Location: Lismore and Casina Community Corrections

Salary: Clerk Grade 3 - $ per hour

Position Type: Causal

Your role

Exciting opportunities for Casual Community Service Field Officers to join our growing team at Lismore & Casino Hub Community Corrections, North District. This role is to supervise and manage offenders on mandated community service and coordinate the logistics of a community service worksite/s.

What you’ll do

You will be responsible for providing supervision and direction to offenders undertaking work projects as part of a legal order, monitoring attendance of offenders at work sites and achieving a high level of work completion by offenders. You will retain a high level of Work Health Safety (WHS) at the worksite (relevant training will be provided) and ensure offender compliance of WHS requirements. You will also be required to drive a group of offenders to and from designated worksites and supervise their work, some locations have light duties groups that are supervised in the Community Corrections office.

• Field Officers supervising outdoor worksites would benefit from having some experience or knowledge about grounds maintenance and the use of equipment including lawn mowers and whipper snippers. You would also be required to drive a vehicle while towing a trailer.
• Field Officers supervising indoor light duties groups would benefit from having some experience or knowledge about creating handmade items. Skills might include knitting or sewing.

Essential Requirements

This is casual employment under Section 43 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013. Ability to work up to 38 hours per week as required, during the week and weekends. Successful applicants for these positions will be required to drive a group of offenders to and from designated worksites and supervise work. A satisfactory Criminal Record Check is required, and it is essential for the applicants to be fingerprinted.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Are you ready to join us?

Applications close Friday 8 March 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.