Intern Clinician

**Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services**:

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

- **Attractive salary between $**70,086** - $**96,073** + superannuation**

Exciting opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services as an **Intern Clinician**, on a 24 Month Fixed Term basis.

**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 will the Intern Clinician do?**

The Intern Clinician is responsible for providing support to a range of clinical services state-wide, including screenings, assessments, and group-based intervention programs to those who have perpetrated alcohol and other drugs (AOD), sexual and/or violent offences.

Some of your duties will include:

- Learning to undertake risk assessment regarding AOD, sexual and violent offending, clinically interview service users and determine appropriate treatment pathways, under appropriate supervision.
- Facilitate/co-facilitate group-based clinical intervention programs for service users with AOD, sexual and/or violent offences, as required and under relevant supervision.
- Complete comprehensive case notes in a timely fashion.
- Assist in the preparation of treatment plans, treatment reports, and risk assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders as required and under relevant supervision.

**To be successful in the Intern Clinician role, you will have**:

- Knowledge of and commitment to the use of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model of therapeutic intervention.
- Developing knowledge and skills in conducting assessments and developing case formulation (ideally for forensic cohorts).

**What skills should the Intern Clinician have?**
- A basic knowledge of and commitment to the use of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model of therapeutic intervention.
- Willingness to gain knowledge and skills in conducting assessments and developing case formulation.

**Qualifications**
- Registration as a Provisional Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; or
- Eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW); or
- A master's degree in psychotherapy and eligible for registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); or
- A master's degree in counselling and eligible for membership with Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); or
- Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; or
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- 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 personal, parental, carers, study, cultural, compassionate, and sick leave.
- **Employee Assistance Program support**:

- you are encouraged to use this short-term, confidential counselling service if you're experiencing emotional stress, relationship problems, conflict with others or personal issues. It is also available for financial counselling and retirement planning.

To learn more about the type of skills you will need to thrive in this role, please read the position description.

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce - we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural background. We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector.

We're proud of our individual differences. We're proud of the many languages we speak and the stories we can share with each other. We hope you will share your story too.

**Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people