Principal Clinician, Practice

3 weeks ago


Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Utilise your clinical practice experience to engage in direct service delivery with individuals convicted of a range of offences
- Multiple opportunities are available to manage a direct case-load, support staff development and contribute to clinical projects
- VPS Grade 6: $127,467 - $170,579 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Principal Clinician, Practice passionate about delivery of quality clinical services in a forensic setting to provide a critical role in Forensic Intervention Services.
About the business unit
Corrections Victoria is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety and is responsible for the direction, management, and operation of Victoria's adult corrections system, including Community Correctional Services, public and privately operated prisons, and a transitional centre. It ensures prisoners are safely and securely contained and aims to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.
As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area within the Offender Services Division that provides service users in custody and in the community with offence-specific, evidence-based screening, assessment, and intervention services to support their rehabilitation. In doing so, Forensic Intervention Services is a critical component of the department's strategy to reduce reoffending and contribute to community safety.
About the role
The Principal Clinician, Practice delivers assessments and therapeutic interventions to service users with a primary focus on eligible forensic cohorts, including those who have perpetrated sexual and violent offences, and/or have criminogenic needs related to alcohol or other drugs. This includes the delivery of assessments, offence-specific and offence-related group and/or individual based interventions for a caseload of complex cases.

**Some of your duties will include**:

- Delivery of assessments, offence-specific and offence-related group and/or individual based interventions for a caseload of complex cases.
- Provide expert level consultation to clinical teams on clinical practice issues, drive and embed a strong practice culture, focus and conduct quality audits of clinical practice and interventions.
- Enhance the quality and effectiveness of clinical programs through the provision of individual support and professional development for clinical staff, supervisors and managers.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About you

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:

- Highly developed understanding of and extensive practice experience in clinical work with high risk and complex clients, including assessment of risk, risk management and therapeutic work.
- Expertise in undertaking risk assessment and delivery of offence specific interventions, including facilitation of group programs based on cognitive behavioural therapy.
- Demonstrated understanding of the legislative and operational considerations impacting delivery of clinical services within a forensic environment.

**Qualifications**:

- Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
- AHPRA approved supervisor or
- Membership of the Australian Association of Social Work; or
- Credentialed as Mental Health Nurses with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; or
- Registration as an occupational therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- AHPRA approved supervisor, or equivalent; or
- A minimum of 2 years of being a practicing supervisor.
- Specialist training and/or postgraduate qualifications in a clinical or forensic field is desirable

How to apply

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:
*
- COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having



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