Psychologist - Forensic Mental Health
5 days ago
A challenging role exists for an experienced Psychologist to join a multidisciplinary team in the forensic mental health sector.
The successful candidate will be part of a supportive and dynamic team working across community, hospital, and prison settings. You can apply your specialist skills, learn, and advance in your profession while contributing to a more connected mental health system.
About the Role:This role is responsible for providing high-level clinical psychological expertise regarding psychological court assessments. The successful candidate will complete in-custody court reports for Magistrates, County, and Supreme Courts of Victoria. They will also conduct court assessments at various sites across the Victorian prison system and provide supervision and training on conducting court assessments and reports.
Duties:- Provides administrative, clinical, and forensic expertise to Forensicare's court report service.
- Completes high-standard court reports for Magistrates, County or Supreme courts of Victoria, and the Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria (OPP).
- Reviews all court report requests and related documentation referred to the Court Reports service, and liaises with Administration, Forensicare's Legal team, and/or the referrer if appropriate.
- Coordinates and/or facilitates training in court report writing and provides supervision for postgraduate psychology students and other psychology staff.
- Liaises with the Director of Psychological Services and Community Forensic Mental Health Services administrative staff in order to schedule court assessments.
- Must have experience in the preparation of reports for Court such as Pre-sentence reports, assessments for the Adult Parole Board, and Fitness to Stand Trial assessments for the Office of Public Prosecutions.
- Must be an endorsed Clinical and/or Forensic Psychologist with at least 10 years experience.
- Must be an endorsed supervisor with Ahpra and have supervision experience of psychology staff and students.
- Expertise in clinical forensic mental health practice including forensic assessments and intervention with offenders and/or forensic patients.
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