Clinical Projects Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 12 months

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/4556A

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 young people and recognises that young peoples’ 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?
- ** Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services**:

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

- **AH Grade 3: $90,067 - $102,192 plus superannuation**

Exciting opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services as a Clinical Projects Officer, Clinical Projects, on a fixed-term basis (part-time or full time) for 12 months.

**About the business unit**

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.

The Service Development area provides oversight, monitoring, and reform of service delivery across the state, including across both prisons and community corrections. The Service Development area has responsibility for the management and maintenance of the technological systems that support service delivery and continuous improvement.

**About the role**

The Clinical Projects Officer is responsible for consultation on, and input into, the planning and delivery of clinical research activities delivered by the team. This will include utilising our systems to review file information, assisting with recruitment and data collection, and assisting with data analysis and report writing for forensic research projects under the remit of the Clinical Projects Team.

Some of your duties will include:

- Undertake file reviews, screen offenders and determine appropriate pathways, as required.
- Support the proactive and strategic research and evaluation agenda to build internal evidence-based knowledge of the impact of therapeutic interventions
- Complete comprehensive case notes and administration in a timely fashion using the departments information systems.

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:

- Sound theoretical knowledge of best practice principles of therapeutic intervention with service users, including (but not restricted to) the Risk Needs Responsivity Model, and Strengths Based Approaches
- Demonstrate ability to initiate research and analysis within an area of expertise consistent with organisational objectives.
- Knowledge and skills in conducting research and research reports relevant to forensic best practice, relevant to contributing to policy formulation on service delivery.

**How to apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

Acceptable evidence includes:

- **COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your **myGov** account)**
- **Your immunisation history statement (available via your **myGov** accoun