Aboriginal Court Liaison Officer

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification and Remuneration**: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 ($131,870.90 - $134,464.17), Clinical Psychologist ($122,881 - $128,653), Occupational Therapist Lvl 4($121,658 - $124,607), Social Worker Lvl 4 ($121,658 - $124,607)
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ614662
**Applications Close**:16 November 2025 at 1159pm AEST**

**Position Title**:Aboriginal Court Liaison Officer (Mental Health Clinician) - PFT - Justice Health and Olympic Park - Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service**

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are **_Just the Place_** to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.
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**The Role**

The Aboriginal Court Liaison Officer is an integral member within the Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service (SCCLS). The SCCLS aims to assist the court magistrates with the diversion of mentally ill, disordered and/or cognitively impaired individuals from the courts into the community for treatment.

The role of the Aboriginal Court Liaison Officer is to assist with the diversion of defendants who have or are suspected of having a mental illness, mental disorder and/or cognitive impairment from the Criminal Justice System (Court and Correctional Centres) into the community. This will include a focus on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people by assessing unmet needs and risks, linking them with culturally appropriate care and providing follow up support to improve their likelihood of being successfully diverted to community based mental health care.

As an Aboriginal identified position, this role involves the provision of education, cultural expertise, advice and input into care, management and diversion of Aboriginal clients that are accessing SCCLS. This position aims to ensure that SCCLS deliver culturally appropriate and safe mental health care to Aboriginal clients. The position will work in collaboration with all SCCLS clinicians and Psychiatrists to achieve the best diversion outcomes for Aboriginal clients. In addition, it will establish and maintain a positive health and a safety culture including the provision of supervision and professional development opportunities to enhance clinical skills and consumer outcomes.
- **_This role will be based out of the Justice Health and Olympic Park office and provide a telehealth diversion service to Metropolitan, Rural and Regional Local Courts across NSW._**

**Essential Requirements**
- This is an identified Aboriginal Mental Health position. Applicants must be a person of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. An applicant race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorized under section 14 of the Antidiscrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal applicants must demonstrate Aboriginality in addition to addressing the selection criteria.
- Preferably five years full time equivalent post registration clinical experience with at least 3 full time equivalent in an acute mental health setting
- Must hold a current NSW Driver Licence and be willing to travel as and when required.
- You must take all reasonable care for yourself and others and comply with any reasonable instruction, policies and procedures relating to work health and safety and wellbeing.

**Djirruwang Program graduates**
- Bachelor Degree or higher level relative to role (including Bachelor Health Science (Mental Health) for Djirruwang Program graduates.

**Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2**
- Current authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
- Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)..
- Must hold a post graduate qualification in mental health.

**Occupational Therapist Level 4**
- Must hold qualifications recognized for registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- Must hold general registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.

**Accredited Counsellor qualification Counsellor Level 4**
- Minimum four-year full time equivalent sequence of study via either pathway A or B below and hold membership or demonstrate eligibility for listing on the Australian Register of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (ARCAP) as either a Division A PACFA mi