Community Service Field Officer - Casual
Employment type – Casual
Hourly rate – $46.36 per hour
Location – Bathurst & Mudgee
Your role
Provide worksite supervision and support to offenders undertaking mandated community service and coordinate all aspects of a community service worksite.
What you'll do
* Transport groups of offenders with Community Service conditions on their Court Orders from the Community Corrections office to worksites to undertake assigned community work programs, and return
* Undertake WHS checks to ensure safety of worksite and compliance with safe work practices/worksite rules to ensure work health and safety of offenders completing their Community Service conditions of their orders
* Guide, mentor, and work with people on Community Service, setting boundaries around acceptable behaviour and work practices, whilst also providing leadership and opportunities for growth and learning
* Instruct offenders in WHS principles and safe work practices
* Supervise, at all times, the group of offenders at the nominated community worksite to ensure community safety and the safety of offenders themselves
* Accurately record offender attendance and provide offender attendance/behaviour/compliance reports to the nominated Community Corrections Officer
What we're looking for
* Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse range of people with challenging behaviours who require leadership, mentoring and coaching in acceptable work practices
* Current NSW driver's licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle in the course of performing the role
* Demonstrated ability to work within a team of Community Service order staff to achieve key outcomes of the scheme
* Ability to work with agency staff from different community organisations across the area to increase knowledge of the scheme and increase positive outcomes the scheme brings to the community
Application instructions
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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
* A challenging and rewarding career
* Flexible, autonomous work environment
* Competitive pay and conditions
* Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
* Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs
We do work that really matters
Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) delivers professional correctional services and programs to reduce reoffending and create safer communities. We house remand and sentenced inmates in correctional centres and supervise offenders serving orders in the community.
CSNSW provides reports and advice to courts and releasing/parole authorities and assesses offenders in the community and in custody for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of reoffending. CSNSW works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice and promote reintegration.
Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
Applications close 26 November 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Jo‑Anne Stapleton on or via email at
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 (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Lynsey Allison on or via email on
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.
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
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