• Lead group facilitation and individual intervention in this key role to address offending behaviour
• Empower individuals to make positive behavioural change
• Be part of a site wide objective of rehabilitation and reintegration

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Programs Manager you will be responsible for delivering therapeutic, manual based interventions tailored to address a range of offending behaviours, whilst promoting and supporting positive behavioural change.

Under the supervision of a Senior Supervisor and Program Manager, you will co-facilitate a group of up to 12 prisoners to address offending behaviours, reduce risk of reoffending, and ensure individual prisoner needs are met. In addition, you will also prepare case notes, defendable documentation, and other reports to ensure accurate record of offender progress.

This is an amazing opportunity to ‘Start with a job and stay for a career’ with extensive employment & growth opportunities across Serco’s many contracts. At Serco we are committed to growing our team members with a large focus on professional development.

What you’ll be doing

You are a passionate and dedicated individual who excels in challenging situations where you are required to manage a diverse group of individuals with varied and complex needs. You will adapt your facilitation style to the needs of the client and deliver in a clear concise manner. You’ll have a commitment to driving positive change and support all individuals with a non-judgemental attitude. As a natural leader you enjoy mentoring junior members of the team and sharing your experience working with offenders and leading group and individual facilitation.

Your ideal skills & experience

• Demonstrated experience in group facilitation, ideally working with offenders, complex mental health and/or behavioural issues.
• Psychology, Social Work qualifications highly desirable
• Experience within a correctional, welfare or other institutional setting (desired)
• Highly effective and accurate report writing skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage assigned tasks.
• The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour.

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. If you like the look of the role, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes a Federal police check as an essential selection component for this role.

Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application. 

Serco & Proud

We are a team of 60,000+ globally and 16,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for the safety and wellbeing of people in our care across Australia’s network of immigration centres. Our team provides fully integrated services across facilities management, accommodation, catering, welfare, engagement, security, transport, and escorting. We are committed to treating people in our care with dignity and respect in a safe and secure environment.

To learn more please visit www.serco.com/aspac

 Why Join Us

– You’d be joining a company that delivers essential public services that make a difference in the communities in which we live

– You’ll get to make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.

– We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning & development opportunities – think skills based training, defined career pathways & fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group!

If you’re inspired to make a positive difference, apply now.

For any additional questions please contact me – Ghazaal Hojati – +6188432 2542

Serco’s values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day. 

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging