-Location: Melbourne | Parkville
Job type: Full time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing
Reference: 73602
**Mental Health Clinician - Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service**
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An exciting opportunity to make a change within the forensic youth mental health sector**:
- ** Full time Fixed Term (June 2026) opportunity**:
- ** Provide clinical mental health assessments and treatment to young people within youth justice custodial precincts**
**Your new team**:
Orygen Specialist Program (OSP), is a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, that provides specialist mental health services for young people aged 15 to 25 (soon to be 12 to 25) and focuses on providing early intervention to young people with severe and complex mental illness.
- Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) provides specialist youth mental health care in youth justice custodial settings including the Parkville, Malmsbury and Cherry Creek sites.**Your new role**:
This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Grade 2 or 3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists (Clinical/Forensic), and Grade 3 or 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurses. In this role, you will:
- Provide clinical assessments and treatment to young people in youth justice custody, including appropriate discharge planning, care team liaison and age-appropriate referrals to support their transition back into the community
- Work collaboratively and feel very supported by our experienced and skilled clinical & medical staff and engage with our key-stakeholders from youth justice (YJ) and other service providers (CCA, Barwon Health & Caraniche)
- Be based at either the Parkville, Malmsbury or Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct. As such, travel to the workplace destination can be included within the working hours.
**About You**:
- Relevant registration and qualifications (see position description for details)
- Knowledge of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system and other relevant settings is desirable.
**Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program**:
- Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport**Interested?**
- If you're ready to make a real and positive impact amongst the youth justice population by providing high quality assessment, evidence based treatment, care team consultation / liaison and support / service linkages for young people within & exiting custody, we would love to discuss this exciting role with you in more detail. If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below._