Forensic Clinical Team Leader

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $109,730 - $132,764

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DJCS/1841245

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.

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?

**Forensic Clinical Team Leader**
- **Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services**:

- **Make a positive difference in keeping our community safe**:

- **Attractive salary between $109,730 - $132,764 + superannuation**

An exciting ongoing opportunity is available to join Forensic Intervention Services as a **Forensic Clinical Team Leader** within the Community Interventions team.

**What does Forensic Intervention Services do?**

As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area that provides service users in custody and in the community with evidence-based screening, assessment, and offence-specific intervention services to support their rehabilitation. In doing so, Forensic Intervention Services is a critical component of the department's strategy to reduce reoffending and contribute to community safety.

**What does a**Forensic Clinical Team Leader do?**

In this role, you will contribute to the development of programs and policy and provide consultancy in the placement and management of the applicable service user cohort. Forensic Clinical Team Leaders provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team and oversee the consistent delivery of services to individuals with complex forensic presentations and varied treatment needs. To satisfy the requirements of their professional membership or registration, Forensic Clinical Team Leaders are expected to continue their practice by maintaining involvement in direct service delivery including comprehensive risk assessments or facilitating group or individual interventions.

The role may require travel and the delivery of after-hours services.

**What skills should the**Forensic Clinical Team Leader have?**
- Demonstrated experience managing and leading staff in multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Significant experience in and knowledge of evidence-based, forensic risk assessment and the delivery of individual and group treatment and behaviour intervention treatment models with complex populations (e.g., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy, Transtheoretical Model of Change, Trauma Informed Care, Strengths Based Approaches).
- Adherence to and demonstration of key therapist characteristics [empathy, warmth, rewarding and directive] to facilitate the therapeutic relationship.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum four years post-registration clinical experience, or equivalent.
- Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; or
- Member of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW); or
- Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; or
- Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- Specialist training and/or postgraduate qualifications in a clinical or forensic field, is desirable.
- Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor status is desirable.
- A current Victorian driver's licence is required.

**What's in it for you?**

You will be working for the Department of Justice and Community Safety, which is one arm of the Victorian State Government, a recognised top employer of choice nationally. All our staff work to the vision of a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria.

There are many advantages in working for the department, including:

- **Job stability** - fixed term position as a member of the Victorian Public Service (VPS)
- **A fair salary**- enjoy great work conditions and salary sacrificing options.
- **Transparent performance framework**- approach your work with confidence in how you're tracking, working to professional development plans agreed on by you and your manager.
- **Generous leave entitlements**- provisions for many forms of leave; including per