Clinician - Barwon South West

Challenge yourself and make a bigger change. Help drive the future of forensic intervention in Victoria.
- Join our growing multidisciplinary team in Barwon South West
- Earn $91,418 - $103,725 + super
- Full and part-time, ongoing and fixed-term vacancies

Based in the Geelong region, the growing Barwon South West clinical team deliver all offence-specific assessments and treatment pathways offered through Forensic Intervention Services to service users accommodated at four medium and maximum security facilities located in the Barwon Prison Precinct:

- Barwon Prison (Barwon)
- Marngoneet Correctional Centre (Marngoneet)
- Marngoneet's Karreenga annexe (Karreenga)
- Western Plains Correctional Centre (Western Plains) - our new state of the art facility opening soon

Comprised of a Manager, Clinical Team Leaders, Senior Clinicians Practice, Clinicians, and AOD Practitioners this expanding multidisciplinary team collaborate with internal and external stakeholders such as custodial staff, prison leadership and a wide variety of mental health and disability service providers to deliver our therapeutic clinical services.
For you, that means the chance to focus on clinical assessment and treatment without the need to travel to other facilities and work on complex cases that play a vital role in reducing reoffending and making the community safer.
Come and join some of Victoria's most talented forensic clinicians and thrive working out of state-of-the-art facilities.
How we'll support and reward you
Our work can be demanding so we offer comprehensive training and support.
- A specialised induction program for new clinical staff (including foundation, theory, and mentored on-the-job training)
- Exposure to national and international experts in forensic work.
- Mental health and wellbeing care - essential debriefing for the first 12 months for new forensic practitioners.
- Supervision by senior clinical staff with support on a day-to-day basis.
- Ongoing professional development including clinical scholarship, research program and study leave opportunities.
- Annual Leadership Forum and Conference for technical and professional development.
- Registration or professional association membership funded annually (e.g. PBA/AHPRA, AASW)

What you'll do
As a clinician, you will build on your existing experience as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering best-practice forensic intervention in a correctional environment
Working within the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model, you'll deliver a wide range of individualised services including:

- Comprehensive assessments including risk assessments.
- Clinical interviews to determine appropriate treatment pathways.
- Treatment interventions employing evidence-based assessment tools.
- Treatment programs involving individual and group sessions.
- Preparing treatment plans, treatment reports, and risk assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Clinicians are also required to travel as part of their role.
Eligibility
To apply, you'll need to hold, or be eligible for, one of the following:

- General registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- Eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have 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. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.