Shift Supervisor, Riverina Youth Justice Centre –

Youth Justice

3 x Ongoing Full-Time
Location: Wagga Wagga
Level 4 Salary ($76,931 – $88.184), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

About us

The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is the lead agency under the Stronger Communities Cluster. DCJ works to enable everyone's right to access justice and help for families through early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community. Stronger Communities is focussed on achieving safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities by providing services that are effective and responsive to community needs. For the first time, the creation of DCJ and Stronger Communities provides an opportunity to focus on prevention and early intervention across both the social welfare and justice systems.

Youth Justice is a dynamic organisation in a period of exciting change. Youth Justice supervises and cares for young offenders in the community and in detention centres in NSW. The division provides diversionary and community-based services, as well as custodial services in detention centres for young people on remand and on control order.

About the role

Coordinates, supervises and directs the work of Youth Officers across the Centre to ensure that daily routines, admissions and discharges, security, casework and program attendance to ensure the appropriate care and custody of youth, safety of staff and consistent application of the unit program, in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures and deal with issues and risks as they arise.

Essential Requirements

Completion of Certificate IV in Juvenile Justice (Youth Work) or Community Services or equivalent PLUS relevant experience.
Possession of ‘Apply First Aid Certificate’ (HTLTAID003).
Minimum C class Driver licence.
Current NSW Working with Children Check clearance

The Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 requires persons engaged in children related work to have Working with Children clearances. If successful in this role you will be required to provide a Working with Children Check clearance number prior to commencing in the role. To obtain further information and to apply for a WWCC clearance please click here

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and attributes

Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills and can adjust these skills to meet the needs of your audience.
You are able to plan for yourself and your team, prioritising your work load and managing your own time while taking a flexible, problem solving approach to meet the needs of a dynamic environment.
You have an understanding of the needs of young people and focus your work and the work of your team to deliver the best outcomes possible to the young people in our care.
You know the value of supporting and coaching your team to build on their strengths and empower them to deliver high level results

Click here to download the role description.

Applying for the role

To apply for this role you need to submit an application online via www.iworkfor.nsw.gov.au

When applying you will need to:

1. Answer the two pre-screening questions below – we are looking for you to demonstrate your competency in this focus capability.

Tell us about a time that you had to deliver detailed instructions to your team? How did you deliver the instruction, and how did you ensure that your team understood?

Describe a time you identified a problem at work? What information did you access to assist in determining the solution and what was the result?

Then:

2. Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role as specified in the role description.

Contact: Daniel Addison - Centre Manager - Email: daniel.addison@justice.nsw.gov.au Phone: 2 69210101

Closing date: Sunday 23 August 2020 at 11:59 pm

For any technical support please contact the Recruitment team on 1800 810 316 Option 4 or the Recruitment Consultant – Lisa Smith on 02 8688 1119

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

To ensure recruitment at the Department of Communities and Justice continues without interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, some interviews and assessments may be performed using alternative methods. This may include video interviewing, telephone interviewing and online assessments. If you are successful following review of your application, you may need to perform assessments and/or interviews via online platforms using a PC, laptop or smart phone. By doing so, we will be adhering to the strict social distancing advice currently in place.

The Department of Communities and Justice is committed to building a workplace that values and supports diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTI and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

The Department encourages applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace. If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person listed, and also advise us of your preferred method of communication.

Shift Supervisor - Riverina Youth Justice Centre - Youth Justice

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