National Corrections Day, held on January 15 in Wagga, recognises the almost 25,000 frontline correctional staff across Australia and the balancing act they manage daily to reduce reoffending while simultaneously protecting the community.

The team at Wagga Community Corrections are hosting a 'Walk with Us' event to the theme of Working together to reduce reoffending.

Community Corrections Wagga Manager Paul Bonnett said his staff were focused on working with both offenders, the community and external organisations to achieve their goals.

"Our staff foster meaningful partnerships with both government and non-government organisations to enhance offender rehabilitation and reintegration into the community," he said.

"The Walk with Us event reflects the value we place in these partnerships.

"It is also an excellent way to increase the understanding and profile of corrections and dispel some of the myths around the work that we do."

Mr Bonnett said the idea of reducing reoffending may sound straightforward, putting it into action was far more difficult.

"Behavioural change is the hardest thing for all of us to achieve, let alone someone with, perhaps, not enough community or family support, or those brought up in a difficult environment," he said.

"Our job is to find them that support, be it for drug and alcohol issues, mental health or other aspects."

Attitude change was another hurdle for Corrective Services staff, according to Mr Bonnett, as well as a new set of challenges arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It has been an interesting year with COVID, we've done a whole lot more through phone reporting and interventions through phones, but we've actually found offenders to be just as engaged as previously," he said.

"In fact, some people seemed to open up more over the phone as opposed to face-to-face, so it has been less of a real challenge, and more simply a change."

Community partners including local Police, Riverina Aboriginal Medical Centre, Women's Health, LikeMinds, Murrumbidgee Pathways and government agencies including Community Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services and NSW Housing will all join the celebration this Friday.

The group will walk alongside Community Corrections officers in a short stroll to Wagga Beach for a breakfast barbecue.