Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Assessment and Planning Officer - Broken Hill Correctional Centre

Location: Broken Hill Correctional Centre

Employment type: Ongoing, Full Time
Salary: $97,027.00 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation

Thinking about a career with Corrective Services NSW?

We offer custodial and non-custodial roles across the centre.

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⏰ Tuesday 29 April | 5:00pm - 9:00pm

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Your role:

We are looking for a proactive and dedicated Assessment and Planning Officer who will be responsible for conducting assessments, education planning interviews, and supervising inmates' access to computers and education facilities.

The role relies on accurate recording of information maintaining administrative duties relating to integrated case management and departmental KPT's at the Broken Hill Correctional Centre.

What you'll do:

As part of the Assessment and Planning Officer role, you will be required to undertake the following roles, however, are not limited to:

• Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of appropriate education and vocational training programs for offenders.
• Conduct assessments and planning activities to inform the development of offender education and employment plans.
• Contribute to offender case management by providing regular reports on inmate learning progress and achievement and by participating in a range of case management activities.
• Participate in centre-based activities to support the delivery of offender education and vocational training programs.
• Maintain related administrative duties including recording of offender participation, progress and achievement in accordance with established systems and processes.

Please click here to review the role description

Essential Requirements:

Excellent communication skills are needed in both written and verbal, with the ability to interact and motivate inmates while working autonomously in a fast-paced volatile environment planning your workday to meet department targets.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply, you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Remote areas allowance of up to $2530 per annum
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs, including access to the Fitness Passport.

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Applying for the role

If you are viewing this ad in Seek and wish to apply via their portal, you will be required to either set up a profile or login via your existing Seek account.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now' button.

When applying you will need to attach:

• Resume (maximum 3 pages and including 2 Referees - one must be a current supervisor)
• Cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description (please refer to the Role Description so that you can address the highlighted capabilities)

Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday, 11th May 2025

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Kim Vodic via [email protected]

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Kaushik Gounder via [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

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.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website (for all roles except Aboriginal Identified)

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

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