CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The GEO Group Australia has developed a highly trained and motivated workforce that regards GEO as “an employer of choice”.

This workforce of more than 1000 includes employees that are trained, qualified, registered and security cleared to provide services that meet or exceed legislative and contractual requirements.

The GEO Group Australia employs a range of service, trade, correctional and professional people in its correctional facilities located at Sale in Victoria, Wacol in Queensland, and Junee in NSW and a custody centre in Melbourne’s CBD.

Custodial positions

As a correctional officer or custodian of inmates, you will play a key role in a multi-functional team responsible for managing inmates (remand or sentenced) in a secure environment. GEO prides itself in delivering a quality service for all our stakeholders including our clients, community and the inmates themselves.

The GEO Group Australia’s recruitment and selection process includes:

• Assessment of applications
• Information sessions, including a presentation by trained and qualified employees on the role and responsibilities of being an officer with GEO
• Psychometric testing
• Interviews
• Security clearances
• Medical checks

Your participation in the above steps will depend on the progress your application makes through each stage.

Following completion of the recruitment and selection process, if you are offered employment as a trainee correctional officer, you will commence a 4-8 week pre-service course conducted by GEO-trained professionals.

The GEO Group Australia is a Registered Training Organisation and as such, provides accredited training to new officer recruits, which can result in a formal qualification in Correctional Practice.

For more information regarding custodial positions with The GEO Group Australia, please refer to our job vacancies section of this website, or regularly check your local newspaper or www.seek.com.au

For information about The Graduate Certificate and the Masters of Correctional Management courses at Charles Sturt University please go to  http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/corrections/
 

Non-custodial positions

The GEO Group Australia offers a broad selection of employment opportunities, including:

• Programs department
• Psychologists
• Counsellors
• Alcohol & drug program specialists
• Case management specialists

Health Services

• Medical officers
• Nurses, enrolled, registered and specialist
• Dental practitioners and assistants

Executive/Administration

• Senior management
• Administrative staff
• Industries
• Maintenance, groundskeepers, cleaners
• IT
• Trade instructors

Pacific Shores Healthcare positions

Pacific Shores Healthcare (PSH) is a subsidiary of The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd. PSH delivers primary and secondary health care services to the majority of inmates within the public prison service for Corrections Victoria.

The health centres that Pacific Shores Healthcare operate in Victoria include:

• Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Deer Park
• Loddon Prison, Castlemaine
• Tarrengower Prison, Maldon
• Melbourne Assessment Prison, Melbourne
• Barwon Prison, Lara
• Ararat Prison, Ararat
• Beechworth Prison, Beechworth
• Dhurringile Prison, Murchison
• Langi Kal Kal Prison, Beaufort