Pathways to Employment: Overcoming Barriers to Employment for Formerly Incarcerated Women in New South Wales

WICC2025 Presentation by Krista Konemann (WICC2025-PID300)

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Ms Krista Konemann

Governor, Corrective Services New South Wales, Australia

Krista Konemann commenced her working life as a therapist for children, following completion of a Bachelor of Psychology (Forensic) and Criminology qualification in 2004. Krista moved quickly onto her passion area, Corrections, taking up a role as a Parole Officer with Corrective Services New South Wales, then as the Sex Offender Research Officer.

Krista moved to Tasmania in 2007 and into the disability sector, subsequently completing a Master of Business and tertiary qualifications in Disability & Community Services. Krista then delivered large scales Parole reforms for the South Australian Department for Correctional Services from 2009, culminating in receiving a Ministers Award.

Krista returned to the non-Government sector in Queensland, managing Aboriginal & Torres Strait youth in out-of-home-care, in addition to managing state and federally funded ‘Closing the Gap’ contracts. It was during this time that Krista has the pleasure of living in an Aboriginal community off the Cape York Peninsula.
Krista returned to Sydney in 2014, as Senior Operations Manager for St Vincent de Paul Society, managing the organisations accommodation and catering services statewide, then moved back to Corrective Services New South Wales in 2016, taking up reform and project management roles. In 2020, Krista achieved the role of General Manager, first oversighting Inmate Education & Training, and then Reintegration. Krista completed her Certificate III in Correctional Practice, followed by an Advanced Diploma of Leadership & Management in 2023, winning the 2022 Premiers Award for the ‘Pathways to Employment’ program. In 2024, Krista became the Governor of Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre.

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