Correctional Officers help keep our communities safe. They supervise and manage inmates in correctional facilities, including prisons and court cells throughout NSW. This is a stable, hands on career that values common sense, teamwork, and solid communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Keeping inmates accounted for during daily routines like meals, headcounts, and movements
- Watching for safety or security risks and reporting concerns
- Searching cells or common areas to help keep the environment secure
- Supervising activities like work programs or visits
- Treating people fairly and consistently while enforcing rules
What’s in it for you?
- A comprehensive 12-week paid training course.
- Casual and ongoing opportunities available.
- Competitive base salary rate of $75,151 per annum plus superannuation and penalties for ongoing roles.
- Casual rate $37.90 per hour.
- Take advantage of 6 weeks of annual leave for ongoing roles.
- Earn a nationally recognised Certificate III in Correctional Practice.
- Explore exciting career development opportunities into specialised roles.
- Additional study leave to support your continued growth and development.
Requirements
- Minimum age of 18 years old.
- Hold a minimum of a current Provisional P1 drivers licence.
- Australia or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.
- Willing to complete Certificate III in Correctional Practice.
- Meet the medical standards to be a correctional officer and have a reasonable level of fitness.
- Body art or modifications that are on the face, scalp, ears, neck, or hands as well as tattoos or modifications of an offensive nature are prohibited.
Application Restrictions
- You can only apply for a correctional officer role with Corrective Services NSW once in every 12 months.
- Applications will be withdrawn if you have applied for a correctional officer (casual or ongoing) or overseer role within the last 12 months.
- Applications will be withdrawn if you are currently going through the recruitment process for another location or correctional officer role within a correctional centre.
Application Locations
- Cooma Correctional Centre
Inclusion and Diversity
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 peoples, women, people identifying as LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers, and other diversity groups.
Visit our careers site for more information about inclusion and diversity.
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📌 Talent Pool-Casual/Ongoing Correctional Officer - Cooma Correctional Centre v2
🏢 Nsw Department Of Communities And Justice
📍 Cooma
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