Forensic Clinician, Adapted Interventions

**Empower people and elevate your career - join Forensic Intervention Services.**
- **Enjoy world-class training and wellbeing support**:

- **Flexible home and on-site working arrangements**:

- **City-based head office with travel across Victoria**:

- **Multiple ongoing roles available**

If you're looking to challenge yourself, be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team and build your clinical reputation, you'll love the work at Forensic Intervention Services (FIS).

We are a specialist program area of Corrections Victoria. **As part of the Adapted Interventions team, you will provide evidence-based screening, assessment and intervention services for individuals in custody and the community who have cognitive impairment.**We focus on areas such as violent and sexual offending, family violence, and alcohol and other drugs.

We're seeking experienced professionals in **psychology, social work, mental health nursing**, **occupational therapy, counselling or psychotherapy** to join our growing team of forensic clinicians. Forensic clinical experience is desirable but not essential.

Whether you're looking to expand your expertise, enjoy a more dynamic role or leave a lasting impact in a progressive field, this is career defining work with marginalised groups you can't access anywhere else.

**How we'll support and reward you**

Our work can be demanding, so we offer first-rate 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 conference for technical and professional development.
- Registration or professional association membership funded annually (e.g. PBA/AHPRA, AASW)

**What you'll do**

As a forensic clinician, you will build on your existing expertise as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering evidence based, best-practice forensic intervention in a supportive 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 develop person centred rehabilitation 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.

Travel to correctional facilities is a required part of the role so you will need to possess a current driver's licence.

**Eligibility**
- General registration as a psychologist with the **Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)**.
- Eligibility 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.**:

- A master's degree in psychotherapy and registration with the **Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).**:

- A master's degree in counselling and membership with **Australian Counselling Association (ACA)** or registration with the **Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).**

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