Aboriginal Youth Justice Programs

⁠⁠⁠The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department), through its Youth Justice (YJ) Division is responsible for the rehabilitation and supervision of children and young people in the youth justice system. Community YJ functions are delivered across Victoria, while YJ custodial services are delivered across two sites – the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct in central Melbourne and the Malmsbury Youth Justice Precinct in regional Victoria

The Aboriginal Youth Justice unit is responsible for the design and development of policy, strategy and program responses for Aboriginal children and young people in contact with or at risj or contact with the Youth Justice system.

Aboriginal Youth Justice contributes to the Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 4, Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja, also known as AJA4. The unit is also responsible for the delivery of the Aboriginal Youth Justice Program which is focused on providing culturally responsive service delivery for Aboriginal young people in the community and custody to assist them to remain linked to family, culture and community.

The purpose of this engagement is to engage suppliers to provide programs that focus on cultural strengthening, cultural identity and life skills for Aboriginal young people detained in Youth Justice precincts.

More information around Briefing ssession can be found at 2.3 of the document:

Briefing session time and date:

• 3:00pm-4:00pm
• Thursday 7th April 2022

Location of briefing session

• Via Microsoft Teams

Specific rules surrounding attendance at the briefing

• A maximum of two representative will be allowed from each offerer

Other comments

• To attend/receive an invitation for the briefing, Offerers are required to register via email to: bianca.ciccone@justice.vic.gov.au by no later than the time as stated in Item 5, Section 2.2 – Specification and providing the following registration Details for each attendee:

Name:
Email address:
Organisation:
Title/Role