Therapeutic Support Specialist

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeePractitioner Full time $113,022 - $136,747
Job Summary

The Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria seeks a Clinical Practitioner to join their team.

  • This is an opportunity to work therapeutically with staff in a youth justice custodial setting.
  • You will have autonomous work arrangements with flexibility to work across both Youth Justice Custodial Precincts.
About the Role
  • This fixed-term, part-time position (0.6 or 0.8) offers a VPS5 role.
  • As a clinical practitioner, you will deliver evidence-based clinical assessments and interventions for staff, provide psychological support, counselling, and crisis intervention, and offer clinical guidance to other staff.
  • You will work as part of a multidisciplinary care team including case managers, youth justice workers, and behaviour support specialists.
Duties and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

  • Deliver individual counselling and critical incident stress management using evidence-based clinical frameworks.
  • Develop strategies to assist and manage the personal impact of work-related stress, vicarious trauma, anxiety, depression, and workplace conflict.
  • Deliver group training and coaching to improve the psychological wellbeing of staff.
  • Display a commitment to maintaining contemporary knowledge of therapeutic skills and frameworks.
  • Have experience working in public service or community health (desirable but not essential).
Benefits

The Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria offers a range of benefits, including:

  • A fair salary and flexible work arrangements.
  • A transparent performance framework and professional development opportunities.
  • Generous leave entitlements and employee assistance programs.


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