Principal Clinician, Prison Disability Support

**Work alongside the PDSI Manager to provide clinical leadership and service development across a multidisciplinary team.**:

- **Fixed Term, Full Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 6: $134,593 - $180,115 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Principal Clinician, Prison Disability Support Initiative to provide a critical role.

**About the Business Unit**

The Prison Disability Support Initiative (PDSI) is a multidisciplinary team of clinical and disability support staff. PDSI works across all prisons in Victoria providing a range of services including case co-ordination, advocacy, clinical consultations, training, assessment, treatment, behaviour support and other interventions for service users with disability associated with underlying cognitive impairment.

**About the Role**

The Principal Clinician, Prison Disability Support Initiative leads a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment, clinical consultation, behaviour support and other interventions for prisoners with disability and complex needs, with specific focus on individuals with cognitive impairment. You will continue to develop the PDSI service, as well as providing high level advice to internal and external stakeholders and provide leadership and line management to the team.

As the Principal Clinician, Prison Disability Support Initiative, some of your duties will include:

- Providing high level clinical advice and undertake a clinical workload supporting conducting assessments and providing intervention for prisoners with disability related to cognitive impairment who demonstrate complex and challenging behaviours.
- Contributing to program and policy development to support people in custody with disability.
- Enhancing the quality and effectiveness of clinical service delivery 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:

- Demonstrated experience working within forensic and custodial settings, including an understanding of the legislative and operational considerations impacting delivery of clinical services within a forensic environment.
- Clinical experience working with forensic cohorts who demonstrate cognitive impairments and complex and challenging behaviours, including a demonstrated understanding of relevant frameworks for rehabilitation of cognitively impaired service users.
- A 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.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum four years' post-registration clinical experience.
- Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), or another relevant tertiary qualification.
- A Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor would be highly regarded.
- Specialist endorsement and/or experience in a clinical or forensic field, would be highly regarded.
- A current Victorian driver's licence is required.

**How to Apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**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.