Forensic Senior Clinician, Provisional Practice

About this role

• Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services 
• Make a positive difference in keeping our community safe 
• Attractive salary between $109,730 – 132,764 + superannuation 

This is currently an exciting opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services as a Forensic Senior Clinician, Provisional Practice within the Clinical Projects team on an ongoing basis.

What does Forensic Intervention Services do? 

As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area that provides service users in custody and in the community with evidence-based screening, assessment, and offence-specific intervention services to support their rehabilitation. In doing so, Forensic Intervention Services is a critical component of the department's strategy to reduce reoffending and contribute to community safety. 

What will the Forensic Senior Clinician, Provisional Practice, do? 

The Forensic Senior Clinician, Provisional Practice will provide high quality clinical supervision and mentoring to a cohort of Provisional Psychologists. They will support this cohort in their skill development in the delivery of screenings, assessments and therapeutic interventions for service users with a range of convictions.  

The role will provide consultancy and advice to key internal and external stakeholders on clinical matters, particularly in relation to the management of relevant service users. This role is also expected to continue their clinical practice and as such, approximately 30% of the role is in direct service delivery including assessments, facilitating group interventions, or individual interventions as required. 

What skills should the Forensic Senior Clinician, Provisional Practice, have? 

As our ideal candidate, you will have the ability to develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships with stakeholders, colleagues, and external providers.  

You will possess well-developed interpersonal skills, including the ability to appropriately manage and respond to service user, supervisee, and other stakeholder enquiries.  You will also have experience in IT systems and administrative tasks to provide administrative support, across the business unit as required.  

Experience in using government systems and Microsoft Office suite is highly desirable.  

Qualifications

• Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); and 
• Psychology Board of Australia Board-approved supervisor status is required. 
• Minimum four years post-registration clinical experience (in a forensic setting, is desirable) and demonstrated knowledge of Psychology Board of Australia requirements for meeting core competencies required for general registration is required. 
• Demonstrated experience with supervising Provisional Psychologists to registration is desirable. 
• Forensic Psychology endorsement and Psychology Board of Australia Board-approved registrar program principal supervisor status, in forensic psychology, is desirable. 
• A current Victorian driver's licence is required. 

What's in it for you? 

You will be working for the Department of Justice and Community Safety, which is one arm of the Victorian State Government, a recognised top employer of choice nationally. All our staff work to the vision of a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria.

There are many advantages in working for the department, including:

• Job stability – fixed term position as a member of the Victorian Public Service (VPS)
• A fair salary– enjoy great work conditions and salary sacrificing options.
• Transparent performance framework– approach your work with confidence in how you're tracking, working to professional development plans agreed on by you and your manager.
• Generous leave entitlements– provisions for many forms of leave; including personal, parental, carers, study, cultural, compassionate, and sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program support– you are encouraged to use this short-term, confidential counselling service if you're experiencing emotional stress, relationship problems, conflict with others or personal issues. It is also available for financial counselling and retirement planning.

To learn more about the type of skills you will need to thrive in this role, please read the attached position description.

If you have any queries, please call Julia Chan on 0477 162 185 or email Julia.Chan@justice.vic.gov.au

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce – we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability and cultural background. We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector. 

We're proud of our individual differences. We're proud of the many languages we speak and the stories we can share with each other. We hope you will share your story too. 

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

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working towards increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) workforce. The Aboriginal Employment Team aims to attract, recruit and retain Aboriginal staff across all our roles. This support includes a culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment process. To learn more, email aboriginal.employment@justice.vic.gov.au 

If this sounds like a compelling job that you believe your skills would be a great match for, please APPLY NOW. Applications close 9 April 2025. 

How to apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

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.