Department of Justice and Community Safety Employee Reviews for Correctional Officer

Job is definitely not for everyone as it can take a toll on mental health, however the shift work is great for work/life balance with 7-8 day fortnights and plenty of overtime available. Generous leave entitlements

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Toxic environment led by management

Prison Officer (Former Employee) - Barwon VIC - 12 August 2023

Unsafe toxic environment with promotions for people who suck up and are brown nosers. Prisoners have more rights than staff! Safety of staff is ignored.

Pros

9 day fortnight

Cons

To long a list to mention

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Department of Justice and Community Safety insights

Based on 8 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Feeling of personal appreciation
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Sense of belonging
General feeling of work happiness

Long hours, shiftwork

Prison Officer (Current Employee) - Geelong VIC - 17 June 2020

The job is team focused, stressful at times, stable, management is not always supportive, the culture is sometimes not positive, male dominated, shiftwork, good people to work with overall.

Pros

stable job

Cons

long hours, stressful

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Toxic environment

Prison Officer (Former Employee) - Ravenhall - 31 January 2020

If nepotism is your thing, give Corrections Victoria a ring. It is full of ego and legends in their own mind people. They think they are police and they are so far from the truth. Bullying is condoned and gross negligence is covered up.

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Unsafe understaffed

Prison Officer (Current Employee) - Malmsbury and parkville, Victoria - 17 December 2019

I think working in this environment is very stressful and dangerous. Unpredictable young people's behaviors sometimes can cause an assault on other people as well as staff. Placing different your people with different issues and backgrounds is unsafe.

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Great place to contribute to helping the community.

Prison Officer (Current Employee) - Ravenhall, Vic - 4 December 2019

Shift work is essential, week end work is required. Yearly training essential. Lots of variety of work experience. Prisoners are easier to manage than staff. Management to not support staff effectively.

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23 year working at Melbourne assessment prison

Prison Officer (Former Employee) - Membourne assessment Pseson/courts - 12 October 2019

Management nothing but picks it u get sick as a permanent employee and run out of sick... Stay away from this role. U will be casually employee at best.. If u are a bum. Licker 'you will get a head..

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No transparency

Senior Prison officer (Current Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 13 July 2019

Job development only happens if you know someone regardless of skills, experience or knowledge. Job culture is very poor at our location. Care factor is zero. Lots of very unhappy people.

Pros

Use to be the overtime

Cons

Way too many inexperienced staff, dangerous.

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Great for a person wanting to retire

Prison Officer (Former Employee) - Lara VIC - 21 March 2018

Corrections is a great job but not for everyone You need to be a type of person for this environment It’s very challenging at times but at the same time it has its down time and I like to be constantly busy and challenged

Pros

Job security

Cons

Risk

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Prison Officer

PRISON OFFICER (Former Employee) - Melbourne city - 19 October 2015

Working with prisoners and providing the facility to rehabilitate themselves. Providing a stable routine and assisting other staff in providing security and good order of the facility.

Pros

Governmenbt employment

Cons

Shift work

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Community Corrections Officer (Current Employee) - Frankston, VIC - 5 October 2015

Working as a Community Corrections Officer has it's ups and downs. I enjoy the client facing aspect of the role, and my favourite part about this role is the difference I have been able to make for people who are in the wrong path of life when they are given their orders. I enjoy watching the change in the clients and seeing the development with their situations, lives, and the progression of their orders. The most difficult part of the role would be handling clients who do not believe they are meant to be on an order and protest any attempts to assist them. The people I work with are wonderful and friendly, despite the high levels of stress that comes with a role such as this. The entire office makes it easy to learn and feel comfortable to ask any questions. A typical day would involve scheduling appointments for client supervision and reporting, a lot of e-mailing correspondence with various business units and health care professionals, meeting client needs where possible and seeing clients for various reasons, among other tasks.

Pros

Making a positive impact on difficult situations for a variety of people.

Cons

Highly stressful role.

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Good Team atmosphere

Community Corrections Officer (Former Employee) - Wangaratta, VIC - 8 June 2015

- Requires more manning and pay. The staff present at the location I worked was positive and upbeat and got on with an impossible caseload with what they had to use.

Pros

Location to family home, day shift only.

Cons

The huge caseloads and walkin cliental

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The People l work with are the best people in the world

Prison Officer (Current Employee) - Melbourne, VIC - 1 September 2014

A typical day at work for me would be processing stake holders into the prison or controlling traffic in and out of prison , l never stop learning , l understand management s job is to save money as it is a government job. the hardest part of the job would be dealing with management , the most enjoyable part of my job is the people l work with .