Clinical Team Leader

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

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

**Grade**:VPSG5

**Occupation**: Health and Allied Health

**Location**: Geelong

**Reference**: DJCS/CLIMTMLD2

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we are 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 are proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

**Clinical Team Leader**
- **Manage a brand-new clinical team formed to help vulnerable people in custody.**:

- **Enjoy world-class training and support from a skilled team with diverse professional backgrounds**.**:

- **Secure ongoing role earning $109,730 - $132,764 per year plus super (VPS 5), plus your professional registration also fully funded.**:

- **Based on-site in Lara.**

**Introducing Western Plains Correctional Centre (Western Plains)**

Western Plains is a new state-of-the-art, maximum-security correctional facility in the Barwon South West region. The staff here are dedicated to helping people in our care build the skills and self-confidence needed to make positive contributions to the community.

Western Plains provides a secure and transformative environment that empowers individuals to rebuild their lives.

**In addition to compelling clinical work, we offer**:

- **flexible** **work** options
- mental health and **wellbeing support**
- access to annual **leadership forums** and conferences
- professional **registration funding**
- limited travel requirements, with **most of your work carried out onsite**.

**What you will do**

As a clinical team leader at Western Plains, you will lead the strategic direction, and service delivery for disability and complex needs services.

You will:
**Manage and supervise** a multidisciplinary team, including occupational therapists and disability practitioners.

**Provide expert clinical oversight**, ensuring best-practice interventions and risk management.

**Engage with custodial staff**, forensic clinicians and external agencies to coordinate care and services.

**Oversee assessments**, clinical programs and the integration of NDIS-related services within corrections.

**Ensure there is accurate** **data**reporting and contribute to staff training and professional development.

**Eligibility**

To apply, you will need to hold - or be eligible for - one of the following:

- General registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Be credentialed as a mental health nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
- Registration as an occupational therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.

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

Applications close Sunday 4 May 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 17 April 2025