Principal Practitioner - Brimbank Melton

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Melbourne VIC is seeking a Principal Practitioner to oversee staff and case management for prisoners on parole and post‑sentence supervision in the Brimbank Melton region. You will lead, advise on risk escalation, and ensure quality assurance across complex cases.

You will work closely with CCS leadership and a range of internal and external stakeholders, with duties including after-hours on-call responsibilities and driving best practices in risk

Qualifications

• Extensive experience and knowledge in the case management of complex and/or high-risk individuals.
• Experience in risk management initiatives and therapeutic work with high-risk individuals.
• Knowledge and experience working within a legislative framework.
• Excellent written communication skills for reports and submissions.
• Strong leadership including supervision, training and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of staff and case management practices across a service stream of prisoners on parole or under post-sentence supervision.
• Provide advice on risk escalation behaviours, incident management and quality assurance.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in after-hours Duty Director on-call system.

Skills

Case management

Risk management

Legislation knowledge

Written communication

Leadership

Driver's licence

Job description

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Melbourne VIC

• Fixed Term, Full Time opportunity based in Brimbank Melton until 5th July 2027
• Provide expert advice and consult on management strategies of high priority individuals under post sentence supervision

About us

Corrections Victoria's purpose is to deliver an effective corrections system for a safe community. Community Correctional Services (CCS), is overseen by Corrections Victoria, a division of the Department of Justice and Community Safety. CCS is responsible for the management and supervision of prisoners on parole, clients under post sentence supervision and court orders.

About the role

As the Principal Practitioner, you will have oversight of staff and case management practices across a service stream of prisoners on parole, including individuals who have committed violent and sexual offences, and post-sentence supervision. Reporting to the Community Correctional Services (CCS) Regional General Manager, this is a key position in the regional and CCS management structure providing supervision of case managers who are monitoring prisoners on parole and individuals subject to post-sentence supervision.

You will provide advice and consultation in relation to identified risk escalation behaviours, incident management and quality assurance practices and processes. You will also work closely and collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

This role will require the successful application to work across the Brimbank Melton Region (Sunshine and Melton).

The Principal Practitioner is required to participate in the “on call” after hours Duty Director system.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• extensive experience and knowledge in the case management of complex and/or high-risk individuals
• experience in best practice risk management initiatives and therapeutic work with high risk and complex individuals
• knowledge and experience working within a legislative framework
• excellent written communication skills including preparing comprehensive reports, briefings and submissions on high profile and sensitive cases
• well-developed leadership capabilities including providing effective staff supervision, training and mentoring.
• A full and current drivers' licence is essential for this position

For more details regarding this position, please contact:

Maria Groh – Regional General Manager on 0407 326 *** or **********@justice.vic.gov.au

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.

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.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, nationally coordinated criminal history checks (NCCHC), 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).