Court Assessment and Prosecutions Officer - Mildura

- Location: North West - Mildura
- Job Function: Prison and Corrective Services
- Work Type: Ongoing - full time

About this role

- Contribute to community safety and rehabilitation of individuals in our care
- Training, learning and development opportunities throughout your career
- Full time, ongoing position based in Mildura

About us

Community Correctional Services (CCS) contributes to the safety of the community by applying practices that reduce reoffending and connect individuals to programs, services and community. CCS provides management of individuals on court orders, people who have committed serious sex offences on post sentence supervision and prisoners on parole.

Court Assessment and Prosecutions Officers conduct a range of activities including conducting court assessments to determine an individual's suitability for a court order, facilitating the variation or cancellation of an order, or prosecuting individuals who fail to comply with their orders. CAPs Officers also provide high quality evidence-based advice to the judiciary in relation to sentencing and liaise with a range of stakeholders in order to deliver the best outcomes for individuals and the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Experience or knowledge of court processes, prosecutions or related areas
- Capability to provide evidence-based advice and recommendations to the court that maximise offender responsiveness interventions
- Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage individuals exhibiting challenging behaviours and escalation as required
- Experience in conducting risk and needs assessments, and developing targeted interventions to support individuals involved in court proceedings (desirable)




- Robust organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a busy workload

A relevant qualification in social work, law, human services, criminal justice or criminology and experience in a court advice, assessments or prosecutions field is also desirable.

Why work with us

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we provide every person with the means to achieve their potential through ongoing learning and development opportunities in a diverse, equitable and supportive environment. Other benefits include:

- A fair salary with annual increases in line with the VPS agreement
- Generous leave entitlements
- Transparent performance framework
- Free Employee Wellbeing support
- Comprehensive training when you commence and throughout your career
- Secondments and promotion opportunities

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

Adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or alternative formats for application material are available.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

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.

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📌 Court Assessment Officer (Mildura)
🏢 Corrections Victoria
📍 Mildura