Community Corrections Officer
A Community Corrections Officer supervises offenders serving sentences in the community under federal or state supervision orders, monitoring their compliance with bail conditions, parole requirements, and court-imposed obligations. They conduct risk assessments, home and workplace visits, and prepare reports for courts and parole boards.
What this job is
A Community Corrections Officer supervises offenders serving sentences in the community under federal or state supervision orders, monitoring their compliance with bail conditions, parole requirements, and court-imposed obligations. They conduct risk assessments, home and workplace visits, and prepare reports for courts and parole boards. The role balances public safety enforcement with rehabilitation support in community settings across Australian jurisdictions.
Are employers advertising this role?
Rising, up 10.7% over 5 years
Counted across a group of similar roles. These are three-month rolling averages of online job advertisements, not filled positions.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index.
Day-to-day
Conduct initial risk and needs assessments of offenders using validated assessment tools aligned with state/territory corrections policies. Monitor offenders' compliance with bail conditions, parole orders, and community-based sentence requirements through regular contact and reporting. Perform unannounced home visits and workplace inspections to verify offenders' whereabouts, living conditions, and adherence to curfews or exclusion zones. Prepare pre-sentence reports and risk assessment documentation for courts, judges, and parole boards to inform sentencing and release decisions. Liaise with state and federal corrections authorities to manage offender transfers, breach notifications, and variations to supervision orders. Arrange and coordinate referrals to drug and alcohol treatment programmes, mental health services, and employment training providers. Document all contact, compliance, and breaches in offender management systems (such as those used by Corrective Services in state jurisdictions). Respond to breaches of conditions by initiating breach reports and recommending enforcement action through appropriate legal channels.
Who does this now
About 2,200 people worked in this occupation across Australia at the 2021 Census.
What this role asks for
Diploma, advanced diploma or associate degree (ABS skill level 2)
Can employers fill these jobs
Employers hiring for this occupation were generally able to find suitable applicants in 2025. This measures how hard employers found it to fill jobs. It is not a count of jobs, and it does not say whether the occupation is growing.
Requirements
The standard entry pathway requires a diploma, advanced diploma or associate degree (ABS skill level 2). Specific qualification requirements vary by employer and state. Some employers may accept equivalent experience. Check yourcareer.gov.au for available courses and dewr.gov.au/skills-reform/free-tafe for subsidised training options.
The honest hard part
You'll carry genuine safety risk into people's homes during unannounced visits, sometimes to volatile individuals. Shift work and on-call duties are common.
Where the jobs are
Jobs concentrate in state and territory capitals and major regional centres where corrections departments operate. Remote work is minimal: the role requires in-person home visits and office-based assessment work. Employment follows population density and court jurisdiction boundaries.
Pay
Published for ANZSCO unit group 4117, the wider group this job sits in, not for this job on its own.
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
Skills
- Accept own accountabilitycore
- Active Listeningcore
- Case Note Documentationcore
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliancecore
- Conflict De-escalationcore
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligencecore
- Goal Setting and Planningcore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Professional Boundaries Maintenancecore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Report Writingcore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Service Navigation and Referralcore
- Trauma-Informed Communicationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Inclusive Practice
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
- Negotiation
- Participant or Client Advocacy
- Record Management
- Referral Coordination
- Stakeholder Communication
- Time Management and Prioritisation
- Written Communication
Which of these do you have?
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Sources
- ABS OSCA 2024, occupation definition and task statements
- ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
- ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on usual place of residence (Custom Report). OSCA Experimental Estimates.
Role data is drawn from official Australian Government sources, and each figure names where it comes from. Where a role is not in the ABS classification, the page shows no government figures for it. Data may not reflect every local variation.
Last updated: 30 October 2026
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