Police Mental Health Clinician

3 weeks ago


Melbourne City Centre, Australia Victoria Police Full time

**About the role**:
The Police Psychology Unit is a dynamic team of mental health clinicians whose role is to support, enhance and develop the psychological wellbeing of Victoria Police employees. The team works to ensure that Victoria Police employees are well equipped to manage the varied psychological demands of their roles and requires Unit members to have a diverse skill set of clinical and organisational skills.
This role includes some intrastate travel and a 24 hour on call service and the position consequently attracts an additional allowance for participating in regular rostered on call shifts.
Victoria Police is a contemporary and agile workplace and supports flexible working arrangements.

**Your duties will include**:

- Providing a range of professional services including counselling, case management, assessment and other therapeutic and organisational interventions to Victoria Police members.
- Providing immediate and autonomous crisis intervention involving complex psychological and welfare issues.
- Providing state-wide critical incident response including the provision of psychological first aid.
- Providing advice and consultancy services to senior management and supervisors about clinical and organisational psychology matters.
- Developing professional services with a diverse range of squads and work units across Victoria Police including developing and implementing support programs.
- Establishing working relationships and networks with Victoria Police personnel and external stakeholders.
- Participating in a rostered 24 hour on-call service for crisis and critical incident response.

**As the successful applicant, you will have**:

- High level clinical expertise and demonstrated ability in the provision of counselling, risk assessments, case management and the development of program initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience in providing critical incident response and psychological first aid.
- Demonstrated ability to provide immediate and autonomous clinical judgement and crisis intervention in highly stressful, complex and sensitive situations.
- Demonstrated ability to administer and interpret psychometric tests.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage workload including prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Highly developed communication and presentation skills.
- The ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Full registration as a Psychologist, Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Occupational Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); or
- Registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

**Requirements and relevant information**:

- Three (3) x full-time, ongoing position available.
- The positions are located at Victoria Police Centre, 311 Spencer Street, Docklands.
- This position requires participation in a 24/7 on call roster as indicated in the position description (as attached to the advertisement).
- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa.
- The successful applicant will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include fingerprint checks and misconduct screening.
- Resume

Applications close midnight, Wednesday 13 September 2023.

**About Us**:
Victoria Police has a dedicated workforce of more than 22,000 employees consisting of police, protective services officers, police custody officers, and public service staff. Each employee plays a vital role in providing the 24/7, 365 days a year emergency response and public safety capability the organisation delivers to its community. As a Victoria Police employee, you have a dedication and commitment to community safety.



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