Are you achieving the career impact your skills and passion deserve?
Right now, we're looking for people with experience in **social work **to become clinicians.
If you’re looking to challenge yourself, join a first-rate multidisciplinary team and build your reputation in an exciting field, you’ll love the work at Forensic Intervention Services (FIS).
We are a specialist program area of Corrections Victoria doing groundbreaking work in areas such as violent and sexual offending, alcohol and other drugs, violent extremism and restorative justice.
You’ll work on complex cases and play a vital role in reducing reoffending and making the community safer.
This is a unique group you won’t get access to anywhere else which is why we need clinicians who are not only driven by complexity but want to impact change.
**Flexible opportunities are available in metro Melbourne and the Geelong area as well as our regional centres.**
**How we’ll support and reward you**
- A specialised induction program for current clinical staff (including foundation, theory, and mentored on-the-job training)
- 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.
- Supervision by senior clinical staff with support on a day-to-day basis.
- Ongoing professional development including clinical scholarship, research program and study leave opportunities.
- Registration or professional association membership funded annually.
- Annual Leadership Forum and Conference for technical and professional development.
**What you’ll do**
As a clinician, you will build on your existing experience as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering best-practice forensic intervention in a correctional environment.
Working within the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model, you’ll deliver a wide range of individualised services including:
- Comprehensive assessments including risk assessments.
- Clinical interviews to determine appropriate treatment pathways.
- Treatment interventions employing evidence-based assessment tools.
- Treatment programs involving individual and group sessions.
- Preparing treatment plans, treatment reports, and risk assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders.
**Skills and experience**
To apply, you’ll need to hold, or be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
You will also need to possess a current Victorian driver licence.
- **Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.**_
**Salary**: $91,418.00 - $103,725.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
Schedule:
- Shift work
Work Location: In person
📌 Social Worker Clinician
🏢 Department Of Justice And Community Safety
📍 Geelong