At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we're looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We're all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we'd love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children's rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
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We're proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
Join Victoria's Youth Justice Precinct at Cherry Creek. Make a positive difference in improving the outcomes of young people's futures and keeping our community safe. Ongoing, Full Time Opportunity with a rotating roster including weekends. Help children and young people build better futures for themselves at the Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct.
Create Change from the Inside Out
The young people we work with can make remarkable changes in their lives. For many, those changes will begin at the new state-of-the-art Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct (Cherry Creek).
The facility will offer innovative services aimed at reducing reoffending and giving young people the skills to make the most of their lives when they return to the community.
Doing this work well will make our state a safer place to live.
Be part of the change you want to see, join the workforce at Cherry Creek.
The opportunity
Two ongoing, full-time positions available. VPS 4 role, earning $95,102 - $107,905 per year plus superannuation. Work closely with clinical and unit-based staff across all rostered shifts to deliver evidence-based psychosocial programs to support a young person's rehabilitation and reintegration back into the community and reduce their risk of reoffending. Attend community meetings with staff and young people and use skills in training and group facilitation to further support and guide staff in engaging and intervening with young people to address their behaviour. Working within a multi-disciplinary team, this position will work to achieve sustained change in a young person's behaviour through observation, assessment, consultation and interaction with young people in the units as well as structured programs. The Behaviour Support Specialists will also work closely with unit-based staff to develop their capacity and understanding on how to effectively manage complex behaviours in the units and to reflect on various strategies to responding to incidents that may occur.
This position works on a roster, allowing additional staff benefits such as penalties, an additional week of annual leave if ten Sundays are worked across the year, and much more.
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