A Vocational Support Officer shares their knowledge with prisoners to provide them with valuable work and life skills to support the rehabilitative journey. If you are passionate about sharing your knowledge with others to provide them with valuable work and life skills, this is the role for you.

Currently, there are up to 17 permanent and fixed term contract positions available for immediate filling in various locations across Western Australia. For more details on current vacancies and locations please refer to the advert on Jobs WA.

As a Vocational Support Officer, you will have many employment benefits and personal development opportunities including on-the-job training. The role offers a competitive salary, regional benefits, generous leave entitlements, supplied uniforms, career advancement and promotional potential.

Applications for Vocational Support Officers are now open.

All prisons in WA work to promote an environment that fosters respect, embraces diverse cultural backgrounds, and enables positive change for offenders.

As a Vocational Support Officer, you will:

Provide on-the-job training and instruction to prisoners.

Supervise prisoners in production and workshop activities.

Undertake day to day responsibilities for the operations in a work area.

Ensure the safety and security of the workplace.

Complete written reports, such as incident reports, production schedules and other documents as required.

You can make a real difference by modelling positive behaviours and motivating prisoners to gain skills and knowledge to re-enter the community, to reduce the risk of re-offending.

We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate:

Great communication skills to build positive relationships with a diverse prisoner population.

A practical and common-sense approach to solving problems and being able to adapt to challenging situations.

Excellent team working skills with colleagues and prisoners to achieve personal and professional goals.

An awareness and understanding of Aboriginal people and their culture.

Why join the team

When you join the Department of Justice, you become part of a people-focused organisation, working hard to make our community a fairer and safer place to live.

To find out more about this opportunity and to apply for this position, click on the Apply button or click the link below:

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Applications must be received before 4.30pm on Monday 7 July 2025.