▷ (Urgent Search) Senior Clinician (Disability Educator and Advisor), Prison Disability Support Initiative

Overview

Occupation: Prison and corrective services

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: VG/CV0891SEP

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

- Better support, better outcomes: help people in custody with disabilities get the care they need.
- The best of both worlds: clinical leadership role that supports the day-to-day operations of the Prison Disability Support Initiative by delivering training to custodial staff and other key stakeholders, while maintaining a small caseload of complex service users
- Hybrid role - work from home, CBD-based head office with attendance at metropolitan and regional prisons in Victoria as required

About us

The Prison Disability Support Initiative (PDSI) is a state-wide rehabilitation service that assists people in custody with cognitive impairments and complex disability needs. The PDSI is a unit within Corrections Victoria, which is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety.

The PDSI aims to:

- Identify people in our care with cognitive disabilities.
- Assess disability needs to inform decisions on placement, case management and rehabilitation.
- Educate corrections staff on how to better understand and support the people in their care.
- Link individuals with appropriate disability support services.

What you will do

The Senior Clinician (Disability Educator and Advisor) is a leader within PDSI, delivering training to custodial staff and other key stakeholders to enhance their capability to respond to the needs of people with cognitive impairment and complex clinical presentations.

You will:

- use your high-level knowledge relating to cognitive impairment and complex clinical presentations to provide complex case co-ordination, advocacy and support in relation to the disability needs of people in prison.
- lead the delivery of training to custodial staff and key stakeholders to enhance custodial capability to respond to the needs of people with cognitive impairment and complex clinical presentations.
- provide proactive high-level advice and recommendations about all aspects relating to placement, case management, rehabilitation options, and transition and reintegration needs.

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will have:

- Demonstrated experience in the development, delivery and assessment of vocation-based training.
- Demonstrated experience working with and implementing supports for people with cognitive impairments or complex clinical needs.
- Demonstrated experience in leading case- co-ordination, support pathway planning, advocacy and providing supportive services to people who demonstrate cognitive impairments.
- An understanding of, and commitment to the application of, the Risk Needs Responsivity model.
- Demonstrate a high level of experience in and an understanding of disability justice support pathways and community-based support services (including the National Disability Insurance Agency, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, and other relevant agencies) and the broader criminal justice and prison system
- An understanding of the challenges involved in working within a forensic environment.

Qualifications

- Relevant tertiary qualification or experience in the field of allied health is required for this role.
- A certification and/or experience in training and education is highly desirable
- Experience working with forensic and/or correctional environments is highly desirable.
- A current Victorian driver’s licence.

How to apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

Important information

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.

Applications close Thursday 2 October 2025 at 11.59pm

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