About This Role
Empower people, strengthen the workforce and elevate your career with Forensic Intervention Services. We play a key role in attracting, recruiting and developing a highly skilled clinical workforce that supports rehabilitation and reduces re‐offending across Victoria.
Why join us
* Meaningful work that contributes to rehabilitation and community safety.
* World‐class training and wellbeing support.
* Flexible working arrangements, including home and on‐site work.
* Salary of $116,413 – $140,849 (AH4) per year plus superannuation.
* City‐based head office.
* One ongoing role available.
What You'll Do
* Provide high‐level clinical expertise in the recruitment and selection of forensic clinical staff in collaboration with Recruitment Services.
* Participate in the end‐to‐end recruitment process for allied health forensic clinician roles, including screening candidate applications, shortlisting, grading work samples, and interviewing candidates.
* Act as a subject‐matter expert in regular recruitment activities, including online information sessions.
* Contribute to initiatives and projects for workforce development, capability building, recruitment, retention, attraction and performance management.
* Participate in systematic review processes to identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, tools and systems.
* Manage and coordinate the recruitment and onboarding of Allied Health student placements.
* Build and maintain positive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to support attraction and recruitment of Allied Health clinicians and student placement opportunities.
* Work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team.
* Contribute to enhancing workforce capability and education through the development and training of clinical and other Corrections Victoria staff and students.
* Develop and/or provide input on policy development, including best‐practice standards.
* Represent Forensic Intervention Services at conferences, expos and forums, providing information about offence‐specific service delivery and recruitment opportunities.
* Deliver and manage a range of offence‐specific, evidence‐based, behavioural assessments (including forensic risk assessments) and/or interventions as required.
* Perform other duties as required.
Eligibility
* Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
* Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW).
* Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
* A master's degree in psychotherapy and eligibility for registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
* A master's degree in counselling and eligibility for membership with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or PACFA.
* Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
* Qualifications in Human Resource Management, Learning & Development, Change Management or a related field will be well regarded but are not essential. An understanding of the health sector would also be advantageous but is not essential.
We are committed to diversity and equity
We welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability and cultural background. We are also committed to increasing the number of veterans working in the public sector.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply. The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working to increase our Aboriginal workforce, and the Aboriginal Employment Team supports culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment processes.
Child Safety Statement
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and well‐being of children and young people. We aim to prevent harm of any kind, have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality, and foster a culturally safe, child‐safe and child‐friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, serve or who are impacted by our work.
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