Corrective Services

Correctional Services Training Package CSC07

The Correctional Services Training Package (CSC) describes the range of skills and qualifications required for the supervision and management of offenders and detainees in the criminal justice system.  The latest version of the CSC is version1, which was endorsed on May 2007. For further information, click to view http://www.governmentskills.com.au

The Department of Correctional Services

The Department of Correctional Services began operating in February 2006. The department contributes to community safety by upholding the integrity of custodial and non-custodial sentences and by positively influencing offender behaviour to reduce re-offending.

The department’s outcome is to provide a safe, secure and decent corrective services which contributes to community safety and reduce offenders’ involvement in the justice system. This is further defined through the department’s business outcomes which are:

• Contributing to community safety
• Reducing re-offending
• Contributing to community wellbeing through our service activities
• Fulfilling our obligations as a government agency through operational compliance and enhanced capability

To find out more please search the Department of Corrective Services website –http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au

The Department is Western Australia’s fourth largest public sector employer.

It provides a variety of services to government and the community, delivered by almost 4000 people in a wide range of interesting and challenging positions.

It operates at some 22 locations within the Perth metropolitan area and 27 regional areas throughout Western Australia, providing a range of career and lifestyle opportunities for enthusiastic and committed people.

The Department is committed to offering a stimulating and rewarding workplace where you could be involved in any of our core functions:

• Providing psychological, nursing or educational / vocational training services to offenders
• Managing adult and juvenile offenders in the community and in custody
• Assisting people who are victims of crime.

So if you think you have what it takes to part to contribute to this key service for the Western Australian community, there could be a position for you.

Take a look at our Careers in the Department page – it may be your first step towards a new and rewarding career.