Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $94,591 - $106,401
Grade: CYF3
Occupation: Prison and corrective services
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: DJCS/2367_JUN25
About the Business Unit
Youth Justice provides community-based supervision and case management services for young people who are appearing before, or have been sentenced by, the Children's Court, Koori Court and adult criminal courts and who have been placed on Youth Justice supervised orders, including supervised bail. Youth Justice promotes the rehabilitation of young people involved in offending, with the aim of reducing crime in the community.
This role sits within the Youth Justice Bail and Court Advice Service (YJBCAS). This service includes the Youth Justice Bail After Hours Service (YJBAS), Youth Justice Court Advice Service team, and the newly formed Enhanced Bail Supervision and Support (EBSS) team. The role reports through to YJBAS Team Managers.
About the Role
The YJBAS provides bail assessments and advice to Bail Justices and the Weekend Online Remand Court (WORC) outside of standard business hours, including weeknights, weekends and public holidays. This function supports the Children's Court and Bail Justices to undertake informed decision-making, and ensure young people are dealt with in a manner consistent with the key principles underpinning relevant legislation.
YJBAS workers also support the delivery of the EBSS service. EBSS is a two-year trial within Youth Justice, providing enhanced supervision and support, including electronic monitoring, to young people on bail in the metropolitan Melbourne area.
Key responsibilities include:
The YJBAS workers will be required to operate on a rotating roster, with both evening and day shifts, which includes weekends and public holidays. The role also requires reasonable additional hours and work outside of standard business hours including evenings, weekends and public holidays, which will be remunerated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2024.
About you:
Qualifications and Requirements
For more details on the position please review the position description attached or contact:
Why work with us?
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we provide every person with the means to achieve their potential through ongoing learning and development opportunities in a diverse, equitable and supportive environment.
We look for people who are prepared to do their very best in line with our values and behaviours. Our values shape and influence how we recruit, train and develop our staff and build relationships with stakeholders.
We will also provide you with professional development opportunities, an employee assistance program, access to job opportunities across the Victorian Government, salary packaging and much more.
How to apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
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.