• 75 hours per fortnight, continuing position.
• Dandenong, Ballarat, Bendigo or Geelong.

Take the next step in your career with CatholicCare Victoria.

A brief snapshot about this exciting opportunity:

The Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care program is designed to offer spiritual and emotional support to individuals across prisons and correctional centre settings, addressing their needs with compassion, respect, and sensitivity. The program aims to provide holistic care that complements physical and mental health services.

The position is responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient coordination of the Prison and Youth Justice Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care program.  The position is also responsible for coordinating and monitoring caseloads, including providing support, guidance and supervision to staff to ensure positive client outcomes.

The Senior Prison and Youth Justice Chaplain provides spiritual and emotional support to inmates and CCV staff working within correctional facilities. This leadership role involves managing a team of chaplains and pastoral care workers, coordinating interfaith services, and ensuring that the spiritual needs of the incarcerated population are met with compassion, respect, and professionalism.

Specifically, the position is responsible for:

• Managing a varied client caseload through both supervision of staff and personal direct service delivery including managing a waiting list/active hold where required.
• Participating in the formation of programs and work practices.
• Supporting the Senior Manager in implementing operational/business plans for the program.
• Supervising and coaching direct reports to support them in the achievement of their goals.
• Contributing to the preparation and monitoring of program budgets.

If you have the below skills & experience – we would love to hear from you!

• Relevant tertiary qualification, preferably in Theological, Pastoral Care, Human Services or Community Development or similar related discipline.
• An active member of the Catholic Church with a strong commitment to the Catholic ethos, especially Catholic Social Teaching.
• At least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or equivalent supervised pastoral education, or a demonstrated capacity to begin progress towards this.
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of health, justice, social or community services.
• Demonstrated experience in providing professional supervision to client-facing staff in the delivery of human services programs in a multi-disciplinary setting.

All about CatholicCare Victoria

CatholicCare Victoria (CCV) is a leading and influential provider of charitable and social services in Victoria.  The Mission of CatholicCare Victoria is to build communities that recognise and nurture the dignity of each person.  Our employees share our Mission for a stronger, more inclusive society through supporting individuals, families and communities in times of need, especially those who are most disadvantaged, vulnerable and/or marginalised.

CatholicCare Victoria delivers excellence in a broad range of child, family and youth services, family relationship services, school counselling and pastoral care services, social housing, employment and advocacy services across various office locations and delivery sites in Victoria. One of our primary areas of investment in addressing homelessness is through our subsidiary CatholicCare Victoria Housing (CCVH) and in partnership with Government we are constructing new homes across Victoria.

CatholicCare Victoria draws on the principles of Catholic Social Teaching to inspire and direct our endeavours.  We value and respect human dignity and embrace diversity in an inclusive work environment.

At CatholicCare Victoria we live our values of Respectfulness, Integrity, Inclusivity, Collaboration and Compassion.

 Our employee benefits at CatholicCare Victoria offer:

At CatholicCare Victoria we offer:

• A family friendly working environment.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Salary packaging for eligible staff.

We embrace, value and respect an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated.

We are committed to the safety of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

At CatholicCare Victoria we take inclusion and diversity seriously. We make diversity, equity, and inclusion a part of everything we do.  Our team, and those we serve are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves.

We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or life stage.

Want to work for CCV? Please see below for how to apply!

For further information and how to apply, visit our website www.catholiccarevic.org.au

Enquiries to:  Applicants are encouraged to contact Jacinta Wainwright, Senior Manager, Community Services on 0439 289 973 for a confidential discussion.

Applications close:  Sunday, 1 November 2026

Applications are required to be submitted via our website www.catholiccarevic.org.au for your application to be considered.

Please ensure your application includes your resume and a cover letter detailing a summary of your experience relevant to the position.