The business, policy and co-ordination unit is comprised of the following units:
Policy Unit
The Policy Unit is responsible for providing high-level advice to the Minister and senior executive staff on matters relating to the delivery of correctional services in the ACT. The Unit offers senior administrative support to other line areas within the organisation by responding to issues raised by Legislative Assembly, community groups, other jurisdictions and members of the public.
Governance Unit
The Governance Unit is responsible for managing ACT Corrective Services' quality management, safety management and risk management systems. The Unit also develops and reviews policies and procedures and reports on performance management.
Operations Support Unit
This Unit provides human resource management services, which involves monitoring, co-ordination of recruitment, extensive liaison with staff and other activities related to the support of over 200 staff working in a variety of environments.
Finance & Statistics Unit
Financial Management is required to strategically monitor and report within the context of a 26 million dollar budget distributed over 13 individual areas of activity within ACT Corrective Services. Finance and Statistics staff are responsible for providing professional advice regarding statistics, information technology, policy, and the management and co-ordination of the Agencies budget.
Training & Development Unit
The training and development team co-ordinate professional and personal development training activities; and manages ACT Corrective Services' status as a registered training organisation (RTO) to deliver training, conduct assessments and issue nationally recognised qualifications for Certificate III in Correctional Practice (Custodial) in accordance with the Australian Quality Training Framework.
