Wendy Bath
Grovedale,Australia
Summary
Seeking a full-time role that offers professional challenges and allows the utilization of interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise. Possessing strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with a proven ability to adapt quickly to new environments. Enthusiastic about contributing to team success and further developing professional skills. With a positive attitude and a commitment to continuous learning and growth, ready to make a valuable impact in any organization.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Honorary Justice – Justice of the Peace for Victoria
Department of Justice and Community Safety
02.2023 - Current
- Taking an affidavit for use in court
- Attesting the execution of a document
- Witnessing a statutory declaration
- Certifying a true copy of an original document or a person’s identity
Justice Officer – Offender Services Network Expansion Project
Marngoneet Correctional Centre – Karreenga Annexe
05.2024 - 02.2025
- The OSN is a computer platform that allows prisoners to view and store files, connect with approved external contacts via email, play games and run selected entertainment applications
- Approving/rejecting prisoner email contact requests (Electronic Forms)
- Troubleshooting prisoner technical and email issues
- Auditing and monitoring of prisoner emails and personal drives
- Educate staff and prisoners on the use of the OSN
- Providing feedback and advice to prisoners, staff and management
- Issuing local disciplinary warnings to prisoner’s and writing incident reports
- Maintaining spreadsheets of issued warnings, incidents and statistics
- Creating prisoner forms to use on OSN
- Creation and maintaining Prisoner Information Folder
- Monitoring, printing and recording of prisoner Legal Print Requests
- Resetting a User’s Password
- Disabling or Enabling a User’s Accounts
Justice Officer – Offender Management Support
Marngoneet Correctional Centre
11.2023 - 05.2024
- Generate, prepare and maintain all documentation, referrals and schedules pertaining to Case Management Review Committees (CMRC)
- Assist with administrative paperwork relating to pre/post meeting actions as a result of the CMRC
- Input any data outcomes as required on to the department’s prison information management system (PIMS) or E
- Justice
- Maintain data integrity of attendance records, databases and spreadsheets
- Prepare and disseminate accurate minutes of relevant meetings
- Liaise with a wide range of internal and external staff, customers and stakeholders regarding scheduling of meetings or collation of data as required
- Collect statistical information and prepare routine correspondence and reports
- Undertake a range of administrative functions including word processing, data input and management, and the maintenance of various records, registers and returns
- Provide support and assistance in a range of other administrative functions
Justice Officer – Property
HM Prison Barwon/Marngoneet Correctional Centre – Karreenga Annexe
06.2021 - 11.2023
- Maintain the daily operations of the Prisoner Property / Clothing store including data input into E-Justice
- Identify prisoner property held in stores and cell
- Processing of prisoners Special Spends on E-Justice
- Update records as required on acquisition / disposal / transfer of property
- Ensure the safe and secure storage of all prisoner property including prisoner valuables
- Make recommendations pertaining to prisoner property and clothing issues
- Search prisoner property
- Ensure accuracy of property lists on reception, transfer, and discharge
- Liaising with stakeholders such as other prisons, police, prisoners, and their family members
- Adhere to the relevant Commissioners Requirements and Deputy Commissioners Instructions, General Managers Instructions and Local Operating Procedures
- Manage Prisoner Greens and the Greens Exchange Program
- This includes ‘fitting out’ prisoners on reception and Prisoner clothing exchange process
- Maintain inventories, control stock levels and conduct stocktake
- Provide training to new and relieving Staff in the Property role, including OH&S awareness issues
- Undertake investigations; prepare reports & correspondence relevant to prisoner property issues and claims
Prison Officer
HM Prison Barwon
01.2011 - 06.2021
- Maintain the security and good order of the prison
- Daily Formal Counts
- Searches
- Complete Registers
- Escorting
- Key control
- Preparing reports
- IMF File recording and updating
- Case Management
- Monthly meetings with prisoners
- Liaising with programs staff on behalf of prisoners to ensure program participation
- Help prisoners to address offending behaviours
- Observing and assessing prisoner behaviours
- Operate security equipment
- Respond to prison incidents
- Preparing prisoner Review and Assessments for both local CMRC’s and Major Offender Unit prisoners as part of my case file allocations
- Participating in the Mentor Program for new staff members
- Adhere to the relevant Commissioners Requirements and Deputy Commissioners Instructions, General Managers Instructions and Local Operating Procedures
Administration Clerk – Accounts Receivable
Colac Area Health
03.1999 - 01.2011
- Receipting of monies, including payments received via mail, Direct Deposits, and other Departments
- Daily reconciliation and banking of all monies received and printing of reports, including Finance and Bank Summary Reports
- Reconciliation of bank statements
- Maintaining petty cash, including reconciliation and coordination of replacement
- Invoicing as required, including Pharmacy, Transport Accident Commission and Work Cover clients attending Emergency and Community Services Departments, monthly rentals, Allied Health contracts, monthly service contracts
- Coordination of accounts with Debt Collector and follow up of outstanding accounts as required
- Maintenance of trust accounts for Residential Aged Care residents, including deposit of pensions, payment of accounts and controlling petty cash requirements
- Coordination of booking and hire of equipment
- General reception duties and switchboard operation as required
- Compiling, editing and distribution of the Weekly News report
- Edited, designed, and compiled Annual Report for 2008-2009
- Supervise and train other clerical staff
- Interpret administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees
- Represented the company in a professional manner in all aspects
- Maintained/Managed office in superior’s absence
- Providing training to staff on Information Technology systems to ensure compliance with systems and procedures
- Compliance and Quality Assurance
Education
Certificate III - Correctional Practice
Corrections Victoria
Certificate I, II, III - Office Administration
First Aid Level 2 - Provide First Aid
Skills
- Administrative services
- Record keeping
- Reporting
- Scheduling
- Information delivery systems
- Urgent work order management
- Database management
- Spreadsheet management
- Document management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Planning
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Resilience
- Safety and wellbeing
- Inclusiveness
- Diversity
Further Training
- Certificate III in Correctional Practice
- Corrections Victoria Prison Officer pre-service training
- Certificate I, II, III Office Administration
- Test Tag Training
- Tactical Options, Fire Awareness, Formations training
- Cultural Diversity
- Occupational Health & Safety – HSR Training Course
- Processing Prisoner Bail
- Working with Interpreters
- Managing Violent Situations
- Workplace Bullying
- Total Customer Service
- Exceptional Customer Service
- First Aid Level 2 – Provide First Aid
- Understanding Medical Terminology
Information Technology
- PIMS
- E-Notes
- Centurion
- PTOS
- Lotus Notes
- Oracle Finance System (Minimal)
- Google/Microsoft Edge internet
- Appgen Finance System
- E-Justice including Records, Property and Offender Management
- Advance Microsoft Office: Excel, Outlook, Word, Publisher
Personal Qualities
- Punctual
- Determination and Persistence
- Ability to Work in Harmony with Co-Workers
- Respectful
- Communication Skills
- Honesty
- Technical Competency
- Flexibility
Timeline
Justice Officer – Offender Services Network Expansion Project
Marngoneet Correctional Centre – Karreenga Annexe
05.2024 - 02.2025
Justice Officer – Offender Management Support
Marngoneet Correctional Centre
11.2023 - 05.2024
Honorary Justice – Justice of the Peace for Victoria
Department of Justice and Community Safety
02.2023 - Current
Justice Officer – Property
HM Prison Barwon/Marngoneet Correctional Centre – Karreenga Annexe
06.2021 - 11.2023
Prison Officer
HM Prison Barwon
01.2011 - 06.2021
Administration Clerk – Accounts Receivable
Colac Area Health
03.1999 - 01.2011
Certificate I, II, III - Office Administration
First Aid Level 2 - Provide First Aid
Certificate III - Correctional Practice
Corrections Victoria
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