Senior Family Violence Interventions Officer (358171) – Tasmania Prison Service
Department of Justice, Tasmania Prison Service.
The position contributes to the delivery of a family violence intervention program and intensive case management within the Tasmania Prison Service.
We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and faiths, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people, and we support reasonable adjustments for applicants with disability.
Employment Details
Fixed‐term, full‐time appointment commencing as soon as possible and concluding 29 September 2028. The role requires 73.5 hours of work per fortnight. Salary: $99,482 to $104,352 per annum, negotiable within range based on experience. Annual salary increases align with the Tasmanian State Service Award.
Benefits include:
* Correctional Facility Allowance of 7.5%
* 12 % superannuation from 1 July 2025, salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
* Four weeks annual leave per year, with access to purchased leave, leave without pay and the State Service accumulated leave scheme
* Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing services
* Learning, development and career progression opportunities across Tasmania
Responsibilities
* Undertake assessment and processing of incoming referrals to determine program suitability and liaise with remandees/offenders on referral outcomes.
* Co‐facilitate the delivery of group sessions of non‐criminogenic family violence interventions as required.
* Maintain oversight of and assist in developing comprehensive case plans as required.
* Provide case management support for complex/high‐risk participants for up to 12 months, including those subject to family violence offences in the care of the Tasmania Prison Service and during their transition into the community.
* Provide individualised 1:1 support for complex/high‐risk participants in addressing specific criminogenic and non‐criminogenic risk factors and drivers that lead to criminal justice engagement for family violence behaviours.
* Coordinate, support, advise and guide the day‐to‐day operations of the Family Violence Interventions Officers, including workload allocation in consultation with the Specialist Clinician Family Violence.
* Liaise with TPS staff, external stakeholders and victim‐survivor support organisations to carry out duties.
* Maintain case notes, records and administrative information; prepare formal family violence risk assessments to determine ongoing risk‐management strategies and other required reports.
* Provide operational supervision to Family Violence Interventions Officers.
* Participate in ongoing professional development including training and clinical supervision.
Qualifications
* Experience working within the Family Violence sector with those who have lived experience of, or have perpetrated, family violence.
* Completion of an appropriate course of study at a recognised tertiary institution.
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