Women’s Correctional Practice Lead (358166) - Tasmania Prison Service

The Department of Justice has a number of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies in place, and our recruitment practices aim to facilitate full participation from all population cohorts. 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.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform TPS Recruiting at TPSRecruiting@justice.tas.gov.au as soon as possible. 

Details of Appointment

This is a permanent position working 73.50 hours per fortnight.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements - talk to us about how this could work for you.

*Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time and/or casual vacancies.

Benefits

Salary of $129,302 to $136,089 pa. Starting salary negotiable within range subject to experience in a similar role. Annual salary increases within this range in accordance with the Tasmanian State Service Award and Public Sector Union Wages Agreement

In addition to the salary: 

• 12% super from 1 July 2025, access to salary sacrifice and salary packaging.
• 4 weeks annual leave per year, plus access to purchased leave, leave without pay and State Service accumulated leave scheme.
• Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Program and a range of other service via our dedicated Wellbeing and Support team.
• Learning, development and career progression opportunities across Tasmania.

Working Environment

Tasmania Prison Service (TPS) has prison facilities located at Risdon Vale, Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania. This position is based at Risdon Vale in Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison. The Risdon Vale site offers a corporate working environment without the hustle and bustle of city centre offices, free on-site parking and access to the on-site staff gym (or head across the road to Risdon Brook Dam for a walk at lunch time). 

Duties

• Development and implementation of support frameworks for incarcerated women in line with contemporary best practice standards.
• Provide oversight and quality assurance to women’s correctional practice through development, maintenance and monitoring of KPIs and service outcomes.
• Lead the development of community partnerships that will support the rehabilitation and reintegration of women post release.
• Provide oversight of the development of new programs and pathways that will support the progress of women and their families in the development of prosocial skills and vocational experiences.
• Develop support pathways that are unique to the requirements of female Correctional staff and are gender informed and contemporary.
• Develop recruitment and retention pathways that are designed specifically to ensure equity across the Correctional Officer development pathway and are specifically designed to promote the role of women in corrections.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across custodial, therapeutic, health services and community partners to provide integrated person-centred care.
• Promote and develop innovative, evidence-based practice in the Mary Hutchinson Women’s Prison (MHWP) and into community post release.
• The incumbent can expect to be allocated duties, not specifically mentioned in this document, that are within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected from persons occupying positions at this classification level.

Pre-employment Checks

The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this vacancy is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer.

The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Pre-employment checks

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