Clinical Team Leader

Build first-rate clinical teams and drive the future of forensic intervention in Victoria
- Discover a new career challenge as part of our growing Barwon South West team
- Earn $105,479 to $127,621 + super
- Full and part-time, ongoing and fixed-term vacancies

Based in the Geelong region, the growing Barwon South West clinical team deliver all offence-specific assessments and treatment pathways offered through Forensic Intervention Services to service users accommodated at four medium and maximum security facilities located in the Barwon Prison Precinct:

- Barwon Prison (Barwon)
- Marngoneet Correctional Centre (Marngoneet)
- Marngoneet's Karreenga annexe (Karreenga)
- Western Plains Correctional Centre (Western Plains) - our new state of the art facility opening soon

Comprised of a Manager, Clinical Team Leaders, Senior Clinicians Practice, Clinicians, and AOD Practitioners this expanding multidisciplinary team collaborate with internal and external stakeholders such as custodial staff, prison leadership and a wide variety of mental health and disability service providers to deliver our therapeutic clinical services.
For you, that means the chance to lead a team and focus on clinical assessment and treatment without the need to travel to other facilities, working on complex cases that play a vital role in reducing reoffending and making the community safer.
Come and join some of Victoria's most talented forensic clinicians and thrive working out of state-of-the-art facilities.
How we'll support and reward you
Our work can be demanding so we offer comprehensive training and support.
- A specialised induction program for new clinical staff (including foundation, theory, and mentored on-the-job training)
- Support from a dedicated clinical director.
- Exposure to national and international experts in forensic work.
- Mental health and wellbeing care - essential debriefing for the first 12 months for new forensic practitioners.
- Ongoing professional development including clinical scholarship, research program and study leave opportunities.
- Annual Leadership Forum and Conference for technical and professional development.
- Registration or professional association membership funded annually (e.g. PBA/AHPRA, AASW)

What you'll do
As a clinical team leader, you will build on your existing expertise by leading and developing a multidisciplinary team, delivering best-practice forensic intervention in a correctional environment.
Working within the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model, you'll combine hands-on practice with leadership and management by:

- Mentoring, supervising and leading a team of clinicians to support assessment and delivery of individualised program interventions.
- Delivering advanced clinical services employing evidence-based assessment tools and treatment interventions.
- Managing staff performance through performance management and development processes.
- Contributing to strategic management, ongoing development and implementation of our psychotherapeutic services.
- Driving awareness and education in best-practice offending behaviour and offender management.

Eligibility
To apply, you'll need to hold, or be eligible for, one of the following:

- Registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- Specialist training and/or postgraduate qualifications in a clinical or forensic field is desirable.
- Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor status is desirable.

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

**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.