Clinical Support Assistant

Posted Sunday 27 July 2025 at 2:00 pm | Expires Monday 25 August 2025 at 1:59 pm

• Multiple casual positions available
• Extensive investment in facilities and people supporting our significant service expansion
• A culture where people care

A career in the forensic mental health sector is diverse, challenging, and rewarding. A career at Forensicare will be like no other. If you're passionate about supporting people in their mental health recovery, Forensicare is where you need to be. You will be a part of a caring and supportive team, making a real difference to people living with the dual stigma of mental illness and offending. We approach our work with curiosity and a commitment to understanding the unique needs of our consumers and carers. Working across community, hospital, and prison settings, you can learn, apply your specialist skills, and advance in your profession. Together, we can contribute to a more connected, compassionate mental health and criminal justice system.

Thomas Embling Hospital, located in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne city centre. Due to our announced expansion, we have a need for experienced, like-minded professionals to join our team. Thomas Embling Hospital is a secure mental health hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation, and continuing care programs, with 134 beds. The planned expansion starting in 2024 will include a dedicated Women's service and an additional medium secure men's facility. Now is the time to join us

Multiple casual positions are available working with the Clinical Support Team. The role of Clinical Support Assistant (CSA) is to support staff in maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment, with emphasis on reducing occupational violence and aggression within Thomas Embling Hospital, under the supervision of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse 3 (RPN3). The CSA is a member of the multidisciplinary team who will respond locally within a trauma-informed care framework to incidents, maintain safety, and engage in therapeutic programs with consumers. The CSA will work rotating shifts including weekends and nights to meet service needs. The position requires a focus on maintaining and promoting procedural, physical, and relational security.

1. Work under the supervision of the RPN3 in preventing, early intervention, and managing occupational violence and aggression.
2. Respond to critical incidents and support seclusion reviews.
3. Assist staff, visitors, and consumers confronted by hostility or aggression under the RPN3's direction.
4. Apply approved physical interventions only under supervision.
5. Contribute to security, risk assessments, and management planning by identifying and reporting issues.
6. Assist with daily activities and therapeutic programs under clinical guidance.
7. Maintain a safe environment, participate in security checks, and other delegated activities.
8. Complete environmental checks and document accordingly.
9. Test and maintain security devices like duress alarms and radios.

1. Certificate III in Security Operations or Correctional Practice.
2. Physical and mental capacity to manage violence, demonstrated through a selection clinic and annual assessments.
3. Commitment to mental health recovery.
4. Ability to build positive relationships with consumers.
5. Understanding of mental health issues in acute and rehab settings.
6. Willingness to facilitate therapeutic activities with consumers.

• Please note: Applications will be reviewed as received. Advertising may close early.

• Supervision and skill development opportunities.
• Defined career pathways across disciplines.
• Salary packaging options.
• Comprehensive safety and wellbeing programs.
• Recognition and rewards for good performance.
• Employee assistance and mental health support programs.
• Influenza and immunisation requirements.
• Position subject to a police check.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI individuals, those with lived experience of disability, and from diverse cultural backgrounds. We promote the principles of RESPECT, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, and HUMAN RIGHTS.

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