CMY350 Team Leader, Youth Justice Project

CMY350 Team Leader, Youth Justice Lived Experience Mentoring Project

About CMY

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Victoria, providing specialist knowledge and support to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Our vision is that young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are connected, empowered and influential Australians.

About the Role

The Youth Justice Lived Experience Mentoring Project aims to support young people from South Sudanese and Pasifika backgrounds under Youth Justice supervision to foster positive lifestyles and develop pro-social identities. Through the provision of intensive case management support, and guidance from lived experience mentors acting as positive role models, participants will be supported to identify and reach their goals and disengage from the criminal justice system.

The Team Leader will provide leadership, supervision and guidance to Youth Workers and teams (including multi-disciplinary and / or specialist staff) to ensure best practice and quality outcomes for young people from South Sudanese and Pasifika backgrounds engaged in the Youth Justice system, their families and communities.

Reporting directly to the Senior Manager, Programs and Services the Team Leader will work with key stakeholders including Department of Justice and Community Safety, Deakin University, project staff and internal CMY programs to coordinate the delivery of intensive case management support for South Sudanese or Pasifika youth.

• Hours: 30.4 hours per week (0.8 FTE), Part Time
• Fixed Term: until December 2025
• Base Salary (SCHADS Level 6): $106,400 per annum plus Super and access to Salary Packaging (Salary Packaging is a great way to increase the value of your salary by allowing you to receive a portion of your income in the form of tax free or tax-deductible benefits.)

• Location: Carlton, Dandenong, Sunshine
• Applications Close: 5 pm, Monday 1 July 2024
• Interviews: to be held in the week beginning 8 July 2024

Key Selection Criteria

To be successful in this role you will have extensive experience in implementing a youth centred approach to service delivery and:

1. Demonstrated experience in the supervision of staff including leading and delivering youth focused services and supporting and supervising individuals and teams that deliver casework and support activities to young people.
2. Experience working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and an understanding of issues affecting young people’s engagement with the justice system;
3. Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and communicate with diverse stakeholders including with young people, other agencies, government departments, community groups and organisations.
4. Demonstrated strong organisational and time management skills including well-developed analytical skills, and the ability to plan and manage an effective work program and meet deadlines.
5. Demonstrated understanding of risk assessment, including child safety, and youth offending and how these relate to working with multicultural young people.

For more information

• On the role, please see the position description
• On CMY, visit https://www.cmy.net.au/about-us
• Contact person for the role: Peta Fualau – Senior Manager, Program and Services (03) 9340 3700

How to Apply

• Click apply  which will take you to our application form
• Follow the instructions to upload your resume and a document outlining examples/a response addressing each of the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. This can be included in your cover letter or a separate document.
• Documents must be in MS Word or PDF format
• For guidelines on how to apply for a job at CMY please read here 
• For tips on how to respond to Key Selection Criteria, please read here: Careers Vic Gov – Guide

CMY takes Child Safety seriously and short listed candidates are subject to child safety screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.  

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

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