Assistant Manager - Practice and Care | Relocate to Tasmania!

Department for Education, Children and Young People TAS – Sydney CBD NSW

We are seeking an Assistant Manager – Practice and Care to join our team at Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AYDC), located 35 min from Launceston, Tasmania's second largest city. In this role you will embody a deep commitment to therapeutic care and trauma informed practice, bringing strong expertise in rights, evidence based, holistic and restorative approaches to supporting young people in detention.

As a key voice within the senior leadership team, you will lead the cultural shift toward embedding trauma informed care as the foundation of daily practice, drawing on complex systems thinking to shape the whole ecosystem of AYDC.

What we are Looking For

- Demonstrated experience operating at a management level preferably in secure group care or youth detention settings, providing professional leadership and oversight in services for children and young people,
- Demonstrated advanced theoretical and/or experiential knowledge base in the provision of therapeutic care for children and young people,
- A passion for working with vulnerable young people and model the Department’s values through respectful relationships, integrity, and team-oriented leadership,
- Highly skilled in building trust, guiding multidisciplinary teams,



and providing high-quality practice supervision, while championing relational practice and therapeutic care approach across the centre,
- Have deep relational capability, and a commitment to creating safe, consistent, and healing centred environments for children and young people.

What we are Offering

- Generous salary + an additional 6.5% corrections allowance + superannuation,
- Generous relocation support, including assistance with temporary accommodation, travel expenses and removalist costs
- Monday to Friday permanent role based at AYDC, with on call roster,
- Flexible working arrangements, including start/end times and WFH day
- A supportive team culture focused on collaboration and continuous improvement,
- Christmas breakdown days (3 additionalleavedays) and access topurchase leavescheme,
- WellbeingConnect programand Fitness Passport.

About Us

The Department for Education, Children and Young People is proudly Tasmanian Government’s core child-centred agency. Everything we do is to support children, young people and their families. At AYDC, we provide a secure, therapeutic environment focused on rehabilitation, education, and positive reintegration into the community.

Applications are closing at 11.30pm AEDT on Monday 17th of August.

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📌 Assistant Manager - Practice and Care | Relocate to Tasmania! (New South Wales)
🏢 Department for Education, Children and Young People TAS
📍 New South Wales