About This Role
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking an Industry Officer – Assembly to provide a critical role within Metropolitan Remand Centre.
Responsibilities include:
* Responsible for training & employment in the prison environment.
* Ongoing full‐time opportunity to work with a high‐performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.
* Salary: COG2B: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation.
About The Business Unit
The Metropolitan Remand Centre is a 954‐bed maximum‐security facility for unsentenced male offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice.
Prison Industry Staff are responsible for industry training, work, and employment in the prison environment. The role requires maturity, sound judgement, confidence in decision making, and developed capabilities to coach, mentor and motivate prisoners while working as a member of the Vocational Services Team. The Vocational Services team includes education staff and industry staff who work together to achieve program and service outcomes in a multidisciplinary rehabilitative environment.
About The Role
Prison Industry officers have a major role in ensuring compliance with prison and industry procedures, particularly with Occupational Health and Safety. At MRC, Industry Officers play a significant role in training and assessing prisoners in relevant accredited trade skills units according to the specific work environment.
An important facet of an MRC Industry Officer's role involves liaison with internal staff and external stakeholders to make informed contributions to the development and delivery of programs and processes.
Custodial duties may involve conducting searches, surveillance, observing and assessing prisoner behaviour in the trade areas, operating a variety of security and industrial equipment, collating information, and preparing reports and management of critical incidents.
Industry Prison Officers play an integral role in offender management and the implementation of offender management plans, actively participating in teams and reference groups to provide advice through written reports to Industry Supervisors and senior management.
Some Of Your Duties Will Include
* Working as part of a team to ensure the operational aims of the MRC Industries are achieved, including possible commercial production internal targets and customer expectations, ordering and maintaining control of stock, materials, financial records and providing an industry model‐workplace training environment.
* Effectively managing all work areas to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff, and visitors, including appropriate levels of surveillance and interaction within the facility, and monitoring staff and prisoners for compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety and security procedures.
* Working as part of a team in all aspects of prison industry operations, including prisoner training and assessment, case management, program and service knowledge and involvement, maintenance of professional boundaries, willingness to undertake personal skills development and training, and contribution to the prison and to the prison industry production procedures.
About You
* Sound knowledge of OH&S requirements relevant to the trade area, and relevant legislative responsibilities related to employment supervision and training of industry workers.
Qualifications
* All candidates must successfully complete the Pre‐Service training.
* Qualifications and/or demonstrated experience relating to assembly, pick‐packing, and warehousing.
* Computer proficiency and graphic design (desirable).
How To Apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre‐employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
Important Information 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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