New Case Managers to be recruited

Corrections will soon be recruiting fifty new case managers in a drive to create lasting change for New Zealand offenders.

The new case managers will ensure staff are placed where the need is greatest and help us focus on those prisoners at greatest risk of re-offending and harming others. 

“We will do a better job at rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders with more case managers on hand,” says Alison Thom, General Manager Rehabilitation and Reintegration (RRS). “This is a significant step forward for us. The success of our case management model is extremely important to our ability to succeed in rehabilitation and reintegration, and to the overall success of the Department.”

The Executive Team has recently approved RRS’s plan to further develop the case management model to more fully focus on those prisoners at greatest risk of re-offending and harming others. This is in line with the direction set out in our Strategic Plan, Creating Lasting Change.

Significant progress with the Department’s case management model has been made in the last few months. Since 1 April, we have embarked on the first stages of case management implementation and recruited new case managers. “This has been going really well and with this extra support we have the opportunity to enhance case management further,” says Alison.

Decisions on where the new case managers should be located are yet to be made. It is anticipated that the Department will start recruiting the first 25 in September and recruiting the second half from February 2012.