Manager - Regional Forensic Mental Health Service

Location: Melbourne

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Forensicare

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 15993
- **Extensive investment in facilities and people supporting our significant service expansion**:

- ** Salary $117,369+ 10.5% Super**:

- ** Salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay**:

- ** A culture where people care**

**Job location**

Currently, Forensicare’s community services are based in metropolitan Melbourne and have limited ability to provide face-to-face services to people and service providers in regional areas. Our expansion into the Barwon and South West region will contribute to a more connected, compassionate mental health and criminal justice system.

This role will be based in the Barwon and South West region in Victoria. There may be occasional work at Forensicare’s Community Forensic Mental Health site at Clifton Hill.

**About the Role**:
**Duties**:

- Provide high level management, clinical, and forensic expertise to the regional team.
- Coordinate the implementation and operation of the regional team in conjunction with the Consultant Psychiatrist.
- Oversee the ongoing development and implementation of the service model for regional forensic mental health services
- Coordinate the delivery of the regional team’s interventions and reports.
- Provide high level advice to the Executive Director Community Operations and Director of Clinical Services on emerging issues likely to impact on the regional team.
- Contribute at a senior level to strategic planning and service development activities.

**About You**:

- Demonstrated commitment to mental health consumer recovery and incorporating consumer perspectives into service delivery.
- Possession of a relevant tertiary qualification and registration or membership with the appropriate Board or Association as a Registered Nurse, Psychologist, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
- Demonstrated minimum 10 year post registration mental health experience.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate a multi-disciplinary team and lead complex programs effectively and efficiently.
- Extensive experience in undertaking comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments, and in the planning, implementation and evaluation of clinical mental health interventions.
- Highly developed and effective written and verbal communication skills including the ability to consult, liaise, facilitate and negotiate with key stakeholders, mental health professionals, clients, and carers.
- Extensive knowledge of relevant legislation, mental health and criminal justice systems

**A culture where people matter.**
- Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members.
- Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams.
- Salary Packaging Options available - Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses
- A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
- Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
- Access to an employee assistance program - an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
- A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological, peer support and critical incidence response programs.
- **Please Note - Applications will be reviewed and Interviewed as they are received.**

**Eligibility**
- ** COVID19 & Influenza Vaccination Evidence**:
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