Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan community work programs.
- Receive and assess interest from the community according to procedures and program objectives.
- Promote involvement of the community and commercial sector and provide information and feedback on the benefits and conditions of involvement.
- Conduct checks and inspection of potential work site to determine suitability against agreed criteria and requirements.
- Prepare recommendations for registration of work sites according to site assessment format, and process information for registration.
- Determine classifications of offenders and work required and delegate and negotiate appropriate supervision on the work site.
- Assess and select work sites against determined criteria of requiring safety and developmental opportunities for offenders.
- Supervise and coordinate work programs.
- Assess and assign offenders for suitability of work allocation according to skills, abilities, interests, work requirements and case plan.
- Match suitable work allocation with offender profiles.
- Identify training needs and skills assessment according to work requirements, location, equipment used and team requirements.
- Check that clothing and equipment comply with occupational health and safety requirements and principles of duty of care.
- Provide guidelines and negotiate conditions with site or community supervisors.
- Clarify conditions of compliance with offenders and negotiate agreement.
- Plan and conduct supervision so that the welfare and safety of offenders and the community are maintained according to operating procedures, legal requirements and duty of care.