This unit describes the skills required to prepare for complex offender supervision, maintain personal safety while supervising offenders and report on high risk offenders.This unit applies to those working in correctional services roles supervising high risk offenders.High risk offenders can be defined as:sex offendersviolent offendersoffenders against childrenoffenders with complex supervision requirementsoffenders subject to media attention and/or who are high profileoffenders likely to cause harm to individuals and the community, such as:arsoniststerrorists, etc.Customisation will be required to accommodate the different work sites and defined work role contexts in which this unit will be applied.The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to, particularly those related to management of high risk offenders and liaising with external organisations and the community.Those undertaking this unit work autonomously, accessing and evaluating support from a broad range of sources. The role is complex involving task organisation and analysis with an extensive number of steps.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.