Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 3rd Aug 2021
Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) is looking for people with backgrounds in social work or similar to become identified Services and Programs Officers (SAPOs) and help transform lives. SAPOs support the safety and welfare of offenders within a Correctional Centre and the community by facilitating programs that reduce re-offending.
Broken Hill Correctional Centre is a medium and minimum-security facility for male and female offenders. It's located in far western NSW, 1190km from Sydney.
The medium security section is a reception prison for a large area of the State bordered by Queensland in the north, Victoria in the south and South Australia in the west. It holds a mixture of sentenced and remand inmates.
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Contact: Gayle Thomas, [email protected] using the subject line: Identified Services and Programs Officer - Broken Hill enquiry via EthicalJobs.
If your application is successful, you will be placed on a talent pool for future temporary and ongoing roles.
If a vacancy arises in your preferred location during this time, you may be contacted and asked to attend the location to meet the manager. This is to ensure you are a good job fit for the particular role on offer and that we are a good job fit for you. From there a final decision will be made regarding whether to activate the talent pool. Offers are based on location preference, capabilities, knowledge and experience.
Department of Justice considers that being an Australian Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification for this role in accordance with Sections 14 and 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and under Clause 26 of the Government Sector Employment (General) Rules 2014.
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.
If you require an adjustment within the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and advise us of your preferred method of communication.
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DCJ has partnered with Yarn’n Aboriginal Employment Services to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants through the recruitment process. If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and require assistance, please contact Nakali or Tommy from Yarn'n on (02) 9319 4000.