Reintegration Co-ordinator

**About the Job**:

- Bring your skills and be part of our team at Matapuna
- Full time - 40 hours a week

**Kotahi anō te kaupapa: ko te oranga o te iwi', ‘There is only one purpose to our work: the wellness and wellbeing of people'**

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is committed to providing high quality psychological approaches to the people in our management. Humanising and healing is one of the key principles of **Hōkai Rangi**, our over-arching strategic direction.

Based at Christchurch Men's Prison, Matapuna is a world class Special Treatment Unit (STU) for violent and adult sexual offending. We currently have an opportunity for a committed individual to undertake the role of Reintegration Co-ordinator in our team.

As Reintegration Co-ordinator you will work with the STU programme participants, psychologists and group facilitators to co-ordinate the reintegration planning and eventual release of people in our care undertaking Psychology Programmes in the Department's STUs for high recidivism-risk sexual and violent offending. The role develops a sound Departmental, governmental and non-government network associated with meeting the reintegration risk-associated needs of programme participants. You may also be involved in delivering training and/or advice and support to other related Departmental staff roles.

Ideally you will have a formal qualification in Social Work, Psychology or similar, and demonstrated professional leadership in a relevant area and/or an extended period of work experience in Case Management or Community Probation.

If you have the following skills, knowledge and experience then we would love to hear from you:

- Knowledge of the Corrections/Justice operational environments within New Zealand.
- Cultural Competence
- Understanding of requirements under the Health Practitioners Act and Psychologists' Code of Ethics.
- Ability to write professional case notes and contributions to psychology reports.
- Proven experience in maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and external providers.
- Ability to plan, schedule and organise work to achieve objectives and deliver results.
- Experience in identifying and managing relevant information sources relating to a business issue.
- Knowledge of the criminal justice sector and relevant legislation and policies and demonstrated ability to analyse complex policy and legislative issues and to formulate and manage related projects.
- Knowledge of Te Tiriti O Waitangi

Strong problem-solving, team-building and influencing skills are essential, as is the ability to model pro-social behaviour and to represent the therapeutic community in a positive manner.

Being part of Ara Poutama is about being part of a team, working together to ensure that offenders are kept secure and treated fairly and consistently.

**COVID-19 vaccination requirements**

All people working inside prisons will be required to be fully vaccinated as part of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021. People in prison are some of the most vulnerable to COVID-19 and due to the ease of transmission, extending the Vaccination Order supports the safety and wellbeing of our staff and people in prison.

**Mō mātou | **About us**

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whānau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu.

To apply, please submit a** tailored CV and a cover letter **describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience. Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success - we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values.