Programs Lead

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $105,479 - $127,621

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DOJ/PROLEADCC

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?

**Programs Lead, Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct**
- Join Victoria's new ground-breaking youth justice centre near Werribee (30 minutes from Melbourne)
- Lead and deliver wellbeing and rehabilitation programs at Cherry Creek for young people
- Implement innovative programs including cultural, sports, art, and recreational programs to ensure best practise and productive outcomes for young people.

**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**
- VPS 5 role earning $105,479 - $127,621 per year plus super
- Lead and implement, organise, and coordinate engaging after-hours programs for young people at Cherry Creek
- Deliver successful programs supporting rehabilitation of young people

Programs Lead will report to the Manager Programs and Evaluation and is responsible for the management, successful delivery and evaluations of programs supporting rehabilitation and positive outcomes for young people. The Programs Lead will identify, coordinate, and implement engaging programs such as art, sports, music, cooking, and other activity based rehabilitative programs. The Programs Lead will also contribute towards the development with ongoing recommendations and review of the programs to ensure successful delivery and outcomes for young people.

The Programs Lead will also participate in programs ensuring young people's participation and engagement with education, health, mental health, courts and case management and any other service provision targeted to a young person's needs.

The Programs Lead will collaborate with other Youth Justice teams to support the delivery of Aboriginal and Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (CALD) programs at Cherry Creek. They will also work with the Youth Justice operations team to ensure the effective delivery of a fully structured day at Cherry Creek this will include effective timetabling of programs, and ensuring cohesive, integrated supports that meet the individual needs of each young person.

**_ To be successful in the role, you will be skilled with knowledge about rehabilitative programs for young people. You will be an independent leader with the ability to multitask and collaborate with various stakeholders._**

**_ Experience in delivering activity based rehabilitative programs in a custodial facility is desirable_**

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 smaller four-bed and eight-bed units across different neighbourhoods.