Behaviour Support Specialist

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DOJ/BHVSSCC

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we are 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.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We are proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

Behaviour Support Specialist, Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct
- Join Cherry Creek Victoria's new ground -breaking youth justice centre near Werribee (20 mins from Melbourne)
- Be part of a dynamic team and deliver behaviour support services to young people at Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct
- Contribute towards the rehabilitation of young people and enable their successful integration into the community

Make our community safer by helping children and young people build better futures for themselves at 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
- Develop individualised strategies, interventions and plans supporting rehabilitation needs of young people
- Undertake functional behavioural assessments to develop behaviour support plans that meet the specific needs of the young people

The Behaviour Support Specialist will work in a multi-disciplinary team to develop individualised strategies, interventions and plans that are responsive to the needs of young people. They will be assigned a unit within the custodial facility housing a certain number of young people to whom they will deliver these plans including facilitation and co-facilitation of individual and group-based psychosocial and criminogenic programs as required. The Behaviour Support Specialist will be required to give recommendations to various stakeholders including but not limited to Clinicians, Unit Staff and Youth Justice Workers. They will also work on rostered shifts which will include some nights and weekends to facilitate support to the unit staff and have complete insights into behavioural needs of young people.

The Behaviour Support Specialist will provide observations and compile functional behaviour assessment reports including case notes which will lead to positive rehabilitative outcomes for the young people. The Behaviour Support Specialist will also contribute to the capacity building of Youth Justice staff and encourage a positive workplace culture. Training support will be provided to the new team of Behaviour Support Specialists, and they will undertake an induction period after commencing duties at Cherry Creek in which support will be given through the induction framework.

**To be successful in the role, you will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to respond to challenging behaviour needs in an appropriate manner. Experience in specialised care including disability/education/and behaviour support for young people is desired**

For more information on the skills and experience that we are looking for in our new team members, please read the job description document attached.

Cherry Creek: Building better futures

Cherry Creek reimagines what a custodial facility can be.

Set in a picturesque part of Victoria, Cherry Creek is a safe and secure place where young people can work on getting their lives back on track. Their efforts are supported by programs and services backed by world-leading research on rehabilitation.

We want young people to return home with the confidence that they can thrive in their own communities, so the facility is designed to represent a familiar, real-world environment. Instead of larger dormitory-style accommodation, young people at Cherry Creek sleep in sma

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