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Department: Department of Justice and Community Safety
Contact: Amanda Railley on 0408 649 805
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Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services. Full Time, Ongoing opportunity to make a positive difference in keeping our community safe. The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Senior Clinical Advisor to provide a critical role within the Service Delivery and Practice, Service Development team.
About the Business Unit As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area that provides people 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.
About the Role The Senior Clinical Advisor is responsible for providing authoritative advice on complex clinical and operational issues relating to delivery of offending behaviour interventions across Victoria, and working collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders, including clinical staff across the State, to develop and embed ongoing process and quality improvements in clinical service delivery.
As a Senior Clinical Advisor, some of your duties will include:
Undertaking analysis and providing authoritative advice on complex clinical and operational issues relating to the delivery of offending behaviour interventions across Victoria.Planning and managing a range of projects to support the effective and consistent delivery of clinical services across the State, including ongoing service and quality improvements.Establishing and maintaining collaborative, constructive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to maintain an understanding of current clinical and operational issues impacting on clinical service delivery, and to support the development and implementation of initiatives to improve service delivery.About you To be successful in this role, you will have:
Demonstrated experience in the planning of programs and services for people in custody and in the community.Demonstrated understanding and experience in assessment and use of psychometric tools.Demonstrated understanding and awareness of the key issues impacting Corrections Victoria, particularly within the area of interventions for people in custody and in the community.Demonstrated understanding of relevant frameworks for offending behaviour rehabilitation.Qualifications/requirements Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); orMembership of the Australian Association of Social Work; orCredentialed as Mental Health Nurses with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; orRegistration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.AHPRA approved supervisor, or equivalent; orA minimum of 2 years of being a practicing supervisor.Specialist training and/or postgraduate qualifications in a clinical or forensic field would be highly regarded.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 a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening. FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES: For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.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.
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