Manager, Professional Practice - Western Plains CC

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.

• 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.
• Ongoing, full-time opportunity to work within the Victorian Public Service (VPS)
• VPS Grade 5: $116,413 - $140,849 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison, post-sentence and community corrections systems. Its vision is for Safer Prisons, Safer People, Safer Communities. Corrections Victoria's mission is to create a safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions. We consistently strive to adopt modern approaches to correctional services, delivering best-practice interventions that reduce the risk of reoffending and contribute to safer communities.

About the Role

The MPP role sits within the prison leadership group and will contribute to the strategic direction and operational leadership of the facility. This will include leading the implementation of the Professional Practice Model.

Working across both operational and strategic settings, the role drives the integration of best-practice approaches aligned with the Correctional Practice Framework (CPF). Through targeted professional development, reflective learning, and continuous practice improvement initiatives, the MMP role strengthens correctional standards, supports staff wellbeing and decision making, and contributes to safe, consistent environments and improved outcomes for people in custody.

The MPP role provides specialist practice leadership across the prison, strengthening the quality and effectiveness of correctional engagement and management of people in our care. The role supports custodial staff through their expert advice, coaching, and case consultation, while leading initiatives that embed contemporary correctional practice. In doing so, the MPP plays a key role in developing a positive prison culture focused on professional and contemporary correctional practice.

Some of your duties will include:

• Leading and developing professional practice capability providing leadership, coaching, and performance oversight (direct and indirect) to strengthen the capability of custodial staff and embed evidence-based correctional practice.
• Providing expert practice advice and leadership, providing subject matter expertise, and influencing decision-making to support best-practice correctional approaches across the prison.
• Driving continuous improvement in correctional practice. Leading and implementing strategic initiatives that enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of correctional practice and service delivery.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

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

The following qualifications are desirable, though not mandatory:

• 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).

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

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 safe, 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.