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This is a unique opportunity to join our dedicated Learning Services Team as a Custody Centre Welfare Officer.

About Us:

We are the St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria or, more fondly, Vinnies Victoria. For more than 165 years we have been providing practical and compassionate support to people across Victoria whose daily struggles can include putting food on the table, paying essential utilities and ensuring their children remain at school to obtain an education.

Under our Good Works umbrella we have many services and programs, including soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria (VCV), which assists some of Victoria’s most vulnerable communities, such as people experiencing homelessness, the housing crisis and family violence, and the elderly. VCV also provides employment to people living with disability.

The Role:

The Custody Centre Welfare Program (CCWP) runs welfare programs in custody centres to support individuals held in Victoria Police holding cells awaiting court. The program supports male and female adults who have been charged with a crime and who are waiting to appear before a judge. The program offers clothing, reading books, exchanging of communication with legal representation and loved ones and, most importantly, a non-judgemental individual to speak with.

The CCWP officer is responsible for the administration, rostering, reporting, training of recruits, communication with stake holders and day to day management of programs across sites. The CCWP Coordinator will work with the Learning Services Manager to recruit, induct, train and support volunteers; liaise with all stake holders, keep accurate records, report monthly statistics, order clothing, reconcile and account for court funding and support the sustainability and growth of the program.

The CCWP officer is required to attend the custody centres and be on the roster where required. All our programs are committed to upholding the highest level of Child Safety and commitment to the 11 Child Safety Standards in Victoria.

About You:

As the Custody Centre Welfare Program Officer, you will be responsible for working with the Learning Services Manager to ensure the CCWPs operates with excellence across all sites.

Calling upon your experience as an excellent administrator and working with individuals in a custody or corrections environment, you will support the smooth running of the program and any concerns our CCWP volunteers need support with. You will have a growth mindset and always be open to new and innovative practices based on sound non-judgemental principles. You will be highly organised, and independent thinker that brings a proactive supportive approach to the team.

You will be an authentic leader who thrives on creating an engaging learning experience for teachers, students and volunteers alike. Finally, you will work with the team to ensure all 11 Child Safety Standards are always adhered to and any mandatory reporting obligations are upheld.

More Specifically You Will Have:

• Tertiary qualifications in criminology, social work, law or education (or significant & current study towards such a qualification)
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal and stakeholder relationship skills
• Experience working with individuals in a custodial or corrections context
• Experience working with volunteers
• Strong project management, record keeping and excel spreadsheet skills
• Ability to work independently, with strong organisational and time management skills, including setting priorities and working within deadlines
• Positive outlook and a desire to work collaboratively with a growing team
• Sound knowledge of the 11 Child Safety Standards in Victoria

In return we offer:

• Good Flexibility – where you can do good work your way.
• Good People – where you can be a part of a supportive team.
• Good Growth – where you undertake an exciting journey and grow both personally and professionally.
• Good Ideas – where you can contribute to evolving and growing the community.
• Good Matters – where you can become a part of an organisation which advocates for change and restores people’s dignity.

#Good Works

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements we can’t wait to hear from you. Please send us your updated CV and a Cover Letter that tells us a little more about you and why you would be perfect for the role.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description (also attached).

The process will include phone screening, and a panel interview.

Please note that prior to any commencement of employment, pre-employment checks must be completed these will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.