• Join Victoria's Youth Justice Precinct at Cherry Creek.
• Lead the delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation and behaviour management services, including assessments, targeted interventions, and structured programs.
• Make a meaningful impact, supporting young people to manage their behaviour, progress in custody, and successfully reintegrate into the community.

• Ongoing, full-time position based at the Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct however, with the ability to work flexibly across all Youth Justice Precincts (Malmsbury and Parkville), where needed to respond to operational requirements.
• VPS 6.2 role: $162,077 - $185,518 per year plus super.
• Support the delivery of rehabilitation services and other interventions to support a young person's behaviour in custody and reintegration into the community, maintaining the integrity and quality of services.
• Manage and lead a team delivering structured programs across Cherry Creek, including oversight and delivery of people management tasks.
• Lead the delivery of structured programs and behaviour support strategies to support the management of young peoples' behaviour in custody and reintegration into the community, maintaining the integrity and quality of services.
• Collaborate and work in close partnership with the Senior Manager, Statewide Rehabilitation Services, to ensure that young people receive coordinated, evidence-based rehabilitation services, including through participation in comprehensive clinical oversight and governance arrangements to oversee and drive quality and consistency in practice.
• Provide authoritative and strategic advice to the Director of Operations, senior executives and high level stakeholders on a range of strategic, programmatic and service delivery issues and complex cases/matters relating to the behaviour management, engagement and rehabilitation of young people in custody, maintaining a culture that supports best practice.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships and consultation processes with internal and external stakeholders, including the health, mental health and education service providers, to ensure appropriate services are delivered effectively.
• Proactively identify emerging issues and work to address these to deliver best practice programs and integration of services to meet the needs of young people in custody.
• Develop and maintain a culture of collaboration between custody, community and external providers through a multi-disciplinary, care team approach, that helps deliver better outcomes for young people in custody and supports their reintegration into the community.
• Support the development and implementation of key operational documents including operating manuals and procedures.
• Assist in the workforce planning and effective allocation of resources by leading the recruitment and selection of staff in the Rehabilitation and Outcomes team.
• As a subject matter expert, build capability amongst staff of the Rehabilitation and Outcomes team and other staff involved in the delivery of support services to young people in custody by developing, implementing and refining structured learning programs to enable and guide high performing teams.

• Demonstrated experience in leading and effectively managing a team of professionals to deliver services within a complex service system.
• Experience in the delivery of clinical rehabilitation programs or forensic allied health and services within correctional and/or complex health systems.
• Demonstrated understanding and operational knowledge of the Youth Justice system such as: 
• experience working with young people presenting with multiple and complex needs, including offending behaviour, trauma, substance use and mental health issues; and/or
• understanding of the key issues impacting on clinical service delivery for young people, including understanding of best practice young offender rehabilitation principles.
• A full driver's licence is required.

You will be required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) to be maintained by the employee for the period of employment.

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