Unit Supervisor

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $85,220 - $94,983

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DOJ/CCYJUSPR

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?

**Unit Supervisor, Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct**
- Join Victoria's new ground-breaking youth justice centre near Werribee
- Be part of the dynamic Youth Justice team at Cherry Creek
- Lead a team of Youth Justice Workers to deliver excellent support services 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**
- YJW3 role earning $85,220 - $94,983 per year plus super
- Provide guidance and support to Youth justice workers
- Ensure supervision of young people with best practices in rehabilitation support.

The Unit Supervisor will be required to provide oversight and leadership to a team of Youth Justice Workers to deliver and support young people with daily living tasks and routines. The Unit Supervisor will be responsible for implementing best practises in the delivery of services provided by the Youth Justice Workers and identify and ensure continuous skill development amongst Youth Justice Workers.

The Unit Supervisor will also collaborate to pursue delivery of structured programs and activities, successful co-facilitation of psychosocial programs and interventions supporting rehabilitative outcomes. The Unit Supervisors will provide high level specialist advice in relation to complex and advanced case management, and challenging behaviours.

They will be required to actively engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure excellent services are delivered resulting in the best possible rehabilitative outcomes of young people.

To be successful in the role, you will require the following:

- Completion of the DJCS Leadership and Supervision Training.
- Demonstrated experience in a therapeutic and outcomes focused environment.
- Experience managing challenging and complex behaviours using positive behaviour strategies.

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.

Some of Cherry Creek's other design features include:

- Enhanced health, mental health and drug and alcohol support, including a dedicated health centre and two mental health units for young people.
- Purpose-built buildings to deliver programs and education, a recreational centre, and vocational training campus for trade-specific courses.
- A spiritual and cultural space, for cultural and faith-based programs, including gardens and a yarning circle.
- Energy-efficient design throughout the precinct, including