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Closes: 10 April 2026
Classification: Allied Health Assistant 2/3
Salary: $66,672 - $88,163 plus superannuation
Position No: 60207
Directorate: Justice and Community Safety
Advertised (Gazettal date): 27 March 2026
Contact Officer: Jess Mathie-Spillane on Jess.Mathie-Spillane@act.gov.au or (02) 6205 0414


Details: ACT Corrective Services (ACTCS) is seeking applications from highly motivated and experienced people to join the Offender Reintegration team as an Allied Health Assistant Level 2/3.

Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) foster a collaborative approach to providing psychosocial support to male and female detainees in custody at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) with disability, aging, mental health and other complex needs.

The successful applicant will work closely with other health professionals within the team to actively encourage, empower, and support psychosocial therapeutic goals of detainees through direct individual and group interactions.

In addition, you will assist detainees with complex needs to access services within the AMC, including but not limited to prompting, reminding, and providing activity support.

Further to this, you will support individuals to achieve optimal levels of independent functioning, by assisting, encouraging, and enabling them to achieve goals of independent living.

To be successful you will be able to demonstrate experience, knowledge, and skills to deliver Allied Health Assistance in rehabilitation and providing psychosocial supports for vulnerable cohorts.

You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team under close direction, as well as work independently as required and appropriate.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.


Eligibility/Other requirements:

Compliance Requirements/Qualifications

Qualifications in a relevant health or allied health discipline is mandatory. A minimum of 12 months paid employment in a related role and/or setting is mandatory.

As relevant to the applicant’s discipline, relevant qualifications may include:

Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
Certificate IV in Community Services
Certificate IV in Disability
Certificate IV in Mental Health
Equivalent qualifications in other allied health fields may also be accepted.

Additionally:

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a criminal record check
Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP). Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra
To be eligible for permanent or temporary employment within the ACT Public Service (ACTPS) you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident or hold a valid work visa.
If an officer no longer holds a visa that permits them to work in Australia, their employment with the ACT Public Service (ACTPS) will be terminated.
How to Apply: To apply, applicants are required to submit three items:

(1) a one-to-three-page written response addressing the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge, Behavioural Capabilities, having regard for the job requirements.

(2) a current curriculum vitae with the names and contact details of two referees (one should be a current Supervisor/Manager); and

(3) a copy of their current driver’s licence.

Please ensure you submit all three items.

Applications should be submitted .

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

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