62% percent of prisoners have had some form of mental health or substance abuse disorder in the last 12 months, and 91 percent have had a lifetime diagnosis. The disorders often went undetected or were not treated prior to prison. By joining Corrections you'll play a part of longer lasting change - truly helping the lives of others.

Training and development opportunities both help you to grow professionally but also help shape the ways we work. We provide financial assistance and time off to attend internal training sessions, conferences, and study leave to complete your qualifications.

Our teams are based on developing supportive and nurturing relationships. Our health and wellbeing teams work closely with our staff to ensure everyone remains safe and well supported to carry out their work. Outside of your peers, there are health & safety advocates, welfare officers, helplines and external partners so you're never short of awhi, care, and support.

Apply online through our website - you'll answer relevant screening questions and upload your CV and a Cover Letter.

Because of the nature of our work and the high standards of integrity we carry out a number of checks. The types depend on what role you're applying for but typically include criminal conviction checks, an online interview and psychometric assessments.

We'll want to meet you in person and will invite you to come in. We'll do this through an interview, assessment centre, or an onsite job preview. 

We'll work with you to finalise details which may including Medical, Fitness and Drug testing.  We’ll also reach out to your referees to talk to them about your previous work and the skills you have.

Welcome to the whānau! From here we'll sort out getting you ready to start work. For all of our offender facing roles, this includes a comprehensive training programme to support offenders to change their behaviour and to keep yourself and your new team safe.