Youth Justice Worker - relocate to Malmsbury

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; Sale; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance

Fully paid training

Rotating roster

Penalty rates

Career development

Job summary

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC is recruiting a Youth Justice Worker for Malmsbury. This frontline custodial role in a youth detention facility involves guiding in-custody youths through rehabilitation and promoting security procedures, while benefiting from a $10K relocation allowance for moves within an hour’s drive of the facility.

You will be guided by supportive leaders and mentors, with an 8-week fully paid training program and a roster designed to prevent long work

Qualifications

• Dedication and resilience – maintain positivity and commitment.
• Life experience – adapt and manage challenging situations.
• Passion and empathy – work with young people from complex backgrounds.
• Interpersonal skills – build rapport and diffuse conflict.
• Problem solving – make smart decisions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining safety and security.
• Establishing healthy routines.
• Setting clear boundaries and redirecting challenging behaviour.
• Responding to incidents.
• Helping young people develop positive relationships.
• Facilitating support from health and mental health providers.

Skills

Dedication and resilience

Life experience

Passion and empathy

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Job description

Youth Justice Worker - relocate to Malmsbury

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Sale VIC

Malmsbury Youth Justice Precinct has reopened and right now, we're offering a $10K relocation allowance for candidates who move to within an hour's drive of our facility close to the picturesque town centre.

As a youth justice worker, you will guide young people in custody through rehabilitation by modelling positive behaviour and engaging them in programs to build life and work skills.

This is a frontline custodial role in a youth detention facility where you will also promote important security procedures.

Your work will help young people get their lives back on track by:

• maintaining safety and security
• establishing healthy routines
• setting clear boundaries and redirecting challenging behaviour
• responding to incidents
• helping them develop positive relationships
• facilitating support from health and mental health providers.

The reality of the role

This job can be tough. At times, it can feel relentless and your resilience will be tested.

However, if you commit to putting in the work, you will see small shifts that can have a major impact on their lives.

You will be guided by supportive senior leaders and mentors, backed by a skilled team of fellow youth justice workers.

Our training program will set you up to be a role model from your first day.

You will receive:

• 8 weeks of fully paid training
• a rotating fortnightly roster where you will work no more than 3 days in a row
• generous penalty rates on top of your salary
• personalised career development

What we look for

Our recruiters search for a variety of personal characteristics. These include:

• Dedication and resilience – you maintain positivity and commitment even after setbacks.
• Life experience – you can adapt and manage challenging situations
• Passion and empathy – you're willing to work with young people from complex backgrounds
• Interpersonal skills – you can find common ground with young people and diffuse conflict.
• Problem solving – you can make smart decisions quickly.

Both a police check and working with children check are required before employment.