Manager, Prison Disability Support Initiative

1 month ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

**Provide high level advice to the correctional system to support the needs of people in custody with disability and complex needs.**:

- **Fixed, Full-Time (until 30 June 2026) opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.**:

- **VPS Grade 6: $134,593 - $180,115 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Manager, Prison Disability Support Initiative to provide a critical role within The Offender Services and Reintegration Division of Corrections Victoria.

**About the Business Unit**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is responsible for promoting community safety through the effective management and provision of rehabilitation and reparation opportunities to prisoners and offenders under custodial and community-based supervision.

The Offender Services and Reintegration division of Corrections Victoria (CV) is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of reoffending including case management, education and employment, prison industries and rehabilitation and reintegration supports. The division contributes to a safer community by supporting a safe and humane corrections system that provides opportunities for rehabilitation, supports reintegration, and works toward Aboriginal self-determination.

The Prison Disability Support Initiative (PDSI) is a multidisciplinary team of clinical and disability support staff. PDSI works across all prisons in Victoria providing a range of services including case co-ordination, advocacy, clinical consultations, training, assessment, treatment, behaviour support and other interventions for service users with disability associated with underlying cognitive impairment.

**About the Role**

You will lead a team providing assessment, clinical consultation, behaviour support and other interventions for prisoners with disability and complex needs, with specific focus on prisoners with cognitive impairment. You will continue to develop the PDSI service, as well as providing high level advice to internal and external stakeholders and provide leadership and line management to the team.

Some of your duties will include:

- Provide strategic oversight of the delivery of services to service users alongside the PDSI Clinical Services Manager, in alignment with best practice, government policy, legal, stakeholder and operational priorities.
- Manage a multi-disciplinary team, oversee performance management, and professional development opportunities for all staff working within the Prison Disability Support Initiative.
- Proactively identify and analyse emerging systemic issues and trends impacting delivery and integration of services. Provide authoritative advice to senior management about how to respond to those issues, including implications and risk management strategies.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated experience in providing values driven leadership within a highly complex service delivery area, preferably in relation to people with disability and complex needs.
- Demonstrated experience managing and leading staff.
- Experience in and knowledge of case co-ordination, assessment, and behaviour intervention treatment models with complex populations.
- An understanding of the challenges involved in working within a forensic environment.
- Relevant clinical qualifications are desired but not required for this role.

**Qualifications/Requirements**
- Relevant clinical qualifications are highly desirable.

**How to Apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**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.

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