Youth Justice Worker - Nights - Parkville

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Parkville VIC

Want a new career challenge that could be life-changing?

Parkville youth justice precinct is located in north west Melbourne, about 5km from the CBD.

Youth justice worker (Nights) are thefrontline staffwhosupervise and support young people overnight who are on remand or sentenced to a period of imprisonment.

This is not a security job with long stretches of downtime. You will speak directly to young people throughout the night, typically through their intercom.

As a full-time youth justice worker on night shift, you will be responsible for:

CCTV monitoring,compliance reporting,responding to alarmsandperimeter searches

creating asafe and secure environmentfor both staff and young people

working directly with children and young people in a custodial environment, including regular observation

redirecting anti-social and challenging behaviour

responding to incidentsas they occur

facilitating supportfrom other services, including health and mental health providers, educators and disability organisations.





To be successful,you will be a keenproblem solverwith greatsituational awareness, but this job can be tough and attimes, your resilience will be tested.

However, by putting in the work, you will see young people make small shifts in their thinking that can have a major impacton their lives and community safety.

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

To be considered for a youth justice worker role you must be either:

an Australian citizen – a birth certificate, citizenship certificate or current passport is required as proof of eligibility

a permanent resident of Australia

a Current Zealand citizen who has entered Australia on a valid passport, or eligible to work in Australia for a period of more than six months.

You will also need to pass a health and fitness assessment. A driver licence is desirable but not mandatory.

📌 Youth Justice Worker (Melbourne)
🏢 Department Of Justice And Community Safety Vic
📍 Melbourne