This is a Pool recruitment, to fill Permanent, full time vacancies.
About the role
We are looking for people who want to make a positive difference to young people who have offended, to improve their education and work skills, maintain family links and prepare them for reintegration into the community. The role considerably influences services that ensure young people are provided opportunities to address their offending behaviour.
The Youth Custodial Officer is responsible for the management of young people and their positive involvement in activities and programs at Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Canning Vale.
Benefits
- Youth Custodial Officers are employed under the Department of Justice (Youth Custodial Officers) CSA Agreement 2019 and receive all the benefits attached to a government career:
- restructured competitive base salary: $79,156 – $84,977 plus super
- 19% commuted shift allowance in addition to the base salary upon commencement of shift work, equating to approximately $15,000 per annum
- employment security
- paid training to gain a nationally recognised CSC30122 Certificate III in Correctional Practice (Youth Custodial)
- generous leave provisions of up to 9 weeks annually
- uniforms supplied
- career path with opportunities for promotion
- salary packaging – visit www.smartsalary.com.au for more details.
About you
Do you have resilience, maturity, compassion and empathy? As part of a team you will work alongside young people in challenging situations. Your ability to diffuse and manage conflict is essential.
Be a positive role model and work with young people and their families who have often experienced significant trauma. You will implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (please see information booklet) into everything you do to ensure young people are safe and encouraged to lead law-abiding, productive lives in a culturally supportive way.
A Youth Custodial Officer based at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre is required to work rotating shift patterns on a 24 hour per day / 7 days per week roster system. Shifts are ordinarily 12 hours in duration and you will be expected to work on public holidays (including Easter, Christmas and New Year), weekends and nights as part of the roster rotation.
Why join the team
When you join the Department of Justice, you become part of a people-focused organisation, working hard to make our community a fairer and safer place to live. We offer many different employment opportunities in locations around Western Australia. You will have a chance to make a real difference to your local communities and to the lives of those you work with.
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Applications must be received before Friday 06 September, 2023 at 4.30pm.