Hope Inside Clinician

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Forensicare

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Prison and Corrective Services, Nursing

Reference: 16190
- **Extensive investment in facilities and people supporting our significant service expansion**:

- ** Free On-site Parking**:

- ** Permanent Part-time position, 2 days per week Mon-Fri**:

- ** Salary $86K - $100K (SW2/OT2), $92K- 104K (P2), to $106K - 121K (RPN3) + 11% Super + Salary Packaging + Benefits**:

- ** A culture where people care**

**About Hope Inside**

Hope Inside was developed as a collaboration between Forensicare and the Mental Health Reform team of Justice Health (a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety). The aim of the service is to provide support for people within a correctional setting who experience strong suicidal ideation or behaviour or planning but are not otherwise engaged with Forensic Mental Health services or other Mental Health supports. This service was established in response to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System (RCVMHS), which recommended the expansion of the Hospital Outreach Post-Suicide Engagement (HOPE) program across the State, as part of an overall strategy to improve outcomes for people living with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system in Victoria.

**Position objective**

Hope Inside aims to improve mental health outcomes for people identified as being at-risk of suicide in prison by providing brief intensive psychosocial interventions and linkage with existing wrap-around supports in prison and/or in the community (if due for release). Hope Inside is a key component in the pathway to recovery for people at risk of suicide, with participants being supported through person-centred and strengths-based psychosocial interventions to bolster resilience, strengthen protective factors, and reduce distress. To achieve this objective, clinicians operating within Hope Inside will have experience in providing psychosocial / psychological treatment and brief interventions to address drivers of suicidality.

**Job location**

Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Hope Inside is being rolled out across three public prison locations: Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC), Metropolitan Remand Centre (MRC) and Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP). Members of the team will have opportunity to contribute to the development and running of the service at one or more sites.

**Duties**:

- Provide person-centred and strengths-based psychosocial assessment, treatment, and brief interventions to support consumers who have experienced suicidal ideation or behaviour
- To develop and implement consumer-centred individual safety plans, risk assessment and formulation of the drivers of suicidality
- To work collaboratively with consumers in a prison setting and, where appropriate, their families/supports
- To support improved continuity of care for consumers through collaboration and linkage with existing service providers (either in prison or the community, as appropriate) that can continue to address a consumer's needs after they have been discharged from Hope Inside.
- To develop effective working relationships with a range of services within the prison and broader community
- To work independently, as well as effectively within a multidisciplinary team

**About You**:
Qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or Psychologist as outlined below:

- Nursing: Registered Mental Health Nurse. Must have current unrestricted registration with AHPRA and a post-graduate qualification in mental health nursing or equivalent.
- Occupational Therapy: Approved degree in Occupational Therapy recognised for membership of OT Australia - Australian Association of Occupational Therapists and current unrestricted registration with AHPRA.
- Psychology: Masters or doctoral level qualifications in clinical psychology or doctoral level qualifications in forensic psychology, and current unrestricted registration with AHPRA as a Psychologist.
- Social Work: Tertiary qualifications in Social Work coupled with eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Accredited Mental Health Social Workers are encouraged to apply.
- Knowledge of the social, psychological, and environmental factors that can contribute to suicidal crisis and the ability to develop a collaborative formulation of these factors with the consumer to inform treatment planning (preferred).
- Knowledge and experience in the provision of psychological / psychosocial treatment and brief interventions to support consumers who have experienced suicidal ideation or behaviour (preferred).
- Ability to develop, implement and evaluate consumer-centred individual safety plans.
- Demonstrated experience in worki