Description:
- Ongoing, Full Time position based in Ringwood.
- $91,836 - $103,302 salary plus superannuation.
- Opportunity to work in an exciting hybrid role.
About us
The Department's Youth Justice Service provides programs and resources to assist young people to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to manage their lives effectively without further offending. Through supervision, offending related programs and linkages to appropriate support services, the youth justice service promotes opportunities for rehabilitation and contributes to the reduction of crime in the community.
The Youth Justice team provides community-based supervision and a range of case management and support services for young people who are appearing before, or have been sentenced by, the Children's Court and adult criminal courts and who have received youth justice supervised orders. The legal mandate for Youth Justice is provided by the Children Youth and Families Act (CYFA) 2005.
About the role
This is a hybrid role which will allow you to provide complex supervision and support to clients through managing a case load as an Advanced Case Manager whilst also fulfilling responsibilities of a Court Advice Worker, providing informed, independant and evidence based advice to assist the court in it's decision making.
This is the perfect role for someone wanting to further their career in both fields.
Responsibilities include
- Representing the Secretary of the Department of Justice when appearing in court
- Manage case loads to a high standard
- Preparing Court and Youth Parole Board Reports
- Develop case plans/reports
- Assist the court in decision making in areas such as bail sentancing, program suitability and appropriate diversionary options.
About You
As our ideal candidate, you will demonstrate:
- Understanding of the principles of diversion and case work and a range of assessment and brief interventions relevant to the age, gender, developmental stage and offending related needs of young people.
- Demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of stakeholder initiatives, ability to create lasting relationships with stakeholder groups, and partners with stakeholders to broker shared solutions in new areas.
- An advanced understanding of the principles of case management and case work and being able to utilise a range of assessment and interventions relevant to the age, gender, developmental stage, and cultural background and offending related needs of the young person.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Ability to self manage and prioritise tasks
Qualifications
- A Bachelor of Social Work or Diploma in Community Services Work is highly desirable. (Other tertiary qualifications at Diploma or above will be considered only if they include units of study in case management/casework practice and has had supervised practical work placements.)
- A full driver's licence is required due to the need to respond to emergencies across the state at short notice and outside business hours as required.
- A current employee Working with Children Check (WWCC) card is required and will need to be provided prior to commencement of employment by the applicant. Currency will need to be maintained by the employee for the period of employment.
For more details regarding this position please contact:
- Priscilla Cox - Team Manager at priscilla.cox@justice.vic.gov.au
In accordance with the Jobs and Skills Exchange Recruitment Policy, only Victorian Public Service employees are eligible to apply for this position. People on labour hire contracts, such as agency staff and external contractors, are not eligible to apply.
For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.
How to apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications only require a resume. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).
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.
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.