About This Role

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Manager, Professional Practice to provide expert leadership and advice within a prison, advancing evidence-based correctional practice and contributing to correctional excellence across Corrections.

Key Responsibilities

- Use your expertise to lead and strengthen professional practice across Corrections Victoria.
- Join a collaborative prison leadership team committed to excellence and continuous improvement.
- Partner with prison stakeholders to build workforce capability, support staff development, and enhance practice.
- Provide specialist advice and practical support to embed evidence-based approaches, influence key stakeholders, and drive organisational improvement.
- Lead and develop professional practice capability through leadership, coaching, and performance oversight.
- Provide expert practice advice, subject matter expertise, and influence decision-making for best-practice correctional approaches.
- Drive continuous improvement in correctional practice and implement strategic initiatives that enhance quality, consistency, and effectiveness.
- Oversee staff wellbeing and decision-making to contribute to safe, consistent environments and improved outcomes for people in custody.

Salary

VPS Grade 5: $116,413 - $140,849 plus superannuation.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated expertise in evidence-based practice,



with a strong understanding of trauma-informed, person-centred and desistance-focused approaches to rehabilitation.
- Experience supporting complex and high-risk clients through evidence-based, person-centred practice, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive outcomes.

Qualifications

- Tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, criminology, human services, or related disciplines.
- Tertiary qualifications in training, assessment, teaching, or education.
- Formal training or certification in trauma-informed practice, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural interventions, or other evidence-based correctional approaches.
- Certificate IV in Correctional Practice (CSC40120).

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 protected, 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.

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📌 Manager, Professional Practice - Loddon Prison (Bridgewater on Loddon)
🏢 Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria
📍 Bridgewater on Loddon