Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders. Ongoing Full‐time opportunity to work with a high‐performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service. 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 MPP strengthens correctional standards, supports staff wellbeing and decision making, and contributes to safe, consistent environments and improved outcomes for people in custody.
The MPP 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 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.
Key Responsibilities
* Leading and developing professional practice capability – Provide 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 – Act as a subject‐matter expert, delivering high‐quality advice and influencing decision‐making to support best‐practice correctional approaches across the prison.
* Driving continuous improvement in correctional practice – Lead and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of correctional practice and service delivery.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have a highly developed understanding of and experience in trauma‐informed, person‐centred and desistance‐focused approaches to rehabilitation. You are experienced in supporting complex and high‐risk clients through person‐centred, evidence‐based engagement and management and multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve positive outcomes.
Qualifications (Desirable)
* 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).
Legal and EEO
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and to 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.
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