Forensic Intern Clinician

Careers; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 72,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Forensic Intervention Services, a division of Corrections Victoria, is seeking a Forensic Intern Clinician for a 14-month fixed-term contract. You will provide state-wide screenings, assessments and group-based interventions for individuals who have offended sexually or violently, or are linked to substance misuse.

Under supervision, you will develop risk assessments, contribute to treatment plans and reports, and participate in extensive supervision as you travel across the state to prison

Qualifications

• Knowledge of CBT-based therapeutic interventions.
• Understanding of evidence-based offender rehabilitation frameworks (RNR, Strengths-Based Approaches).
• Commitment to reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide screenings and assessments state-wide under supervision.
• Deliver group-based offence-specific interventions and document clinical notes.
• Develop risk assessments and treatment completion reports for stakeholders.
• Engage in extensive supervision and travel across the state to prison locations.

Skills

CBT model knowledge

Evidence-based offender rehab

Reflective practice & supervision

Education

Provisional Psychologist registration / eligible for PACFA/AASA

Victorian driver’s licence

Job description

Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services. Make a positive difference in keeping our community safe.

Attractive salary between $72,189 - $98,955 + superannuation.

Exciting opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services as a Forensic Intern Clinician, on a 14-Month Fixed Term basis.

What does Forensic Intervention Services do?

As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area that provides people in custody and on community-based dispositions with offence specific services including: screening, assessment, and intervention 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.

Role Description

Under supervision, the Forensic Intern Clinician is responsible for providing a limited range of specialist clinical services state-wide, including screenings, assessments, and group-based interventions to people who have perpetrated sexual and/or violent offences, or whose offences are strongly connected with substance misuse.

• Learning to undertake offence specific risk assessment, including developing the skills required for clinical interview, and determine appropriate treatment pathways for those eligible for our service.
• Facilitate/co-facilitate group-based offence specific intervention programs and complete comprehensive clinical case notes in a timely fashion.
• Learning to author comprehensive risk assessments and assisting in the development of treatment completion reports and treatment plans for internal and external stakeholders.
• Engaging in extensive supervision.
• Travelling across the state to prison locations where service is required.

Success Criteria

To be successful in the Forensic Intern Clinician role, you will have:

• Demonstrated the core skills required for the role as detailed in the Position Description and noted below.
• Demonstrated a propensity towards self-reflection and self-drive, including seeking and integrating feedback.
• Demonstrated an openness to learning and a willingness to ask questions to support your own learning and development.

Required Skills

• A basic knowledge of, and commitment to, the use of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model of therapeutic intervention.
• A basic understanding of, and commitment to, the application of best practice principles of evidence-based frameworks relevant to offender rehabilitation, including the Risk Needs Responsivity model, and Strengths Based Approaches.
• An understanding of, and commitment to, engagement in reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Provisional Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; or Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW); or A master's degree in psychotherapy and eligibility for registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); or A master's degree in counselling and eligibility for membership with Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); or Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; or Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• A current Victorian driver's licence is required.

What's in it for you?

• All our staff work to the vision of a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria.
• 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.

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 [e-mail].

If you have any queries, please contact Lisa Rinaldo via email [e-mail].

Applications close 15 October 2026.

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.