Forensic Mental Health - Senior Forensic Mental Health Clinician

cohealth; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Salary packaging

Novated leasing

Fitness membership

Employee assistance program

Job summary

cohealth is seeking a Senior Forensic Mental Health Clinician to provide specialist mental health assessment, treatment, and support for individuals under Community Corrections or Parole Orders. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, deliver biopsychosocial and forensic assessments, and develop trauma-informed treatment plans.

Join a multi-award-winning community health organisation offering generous salary packaging, parental leave benefits, novated leasing, fitness memberships, and employee

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in nursing, occupational therapy, psychology or social work.
• Demonstrated experience as a senior practitioner guiding multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive mental health and forensic assessments and manage complex cases.
• Deliver improved client outcomes through trauma-informed practice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive, evidence-based biopsychosocial mental health and structured forensic risk assessments in clinical, community, and workplace settings
• Develop, implement and review evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment plans
• Manage a complex and high-risk forensic caseload, ensuring appropriate treatment, risk management, escalation and documentation
• Promote reflective and evidence-based practice, continuous clinical improvement and high-quality forensic mental health care

Skills

Clinical leadership

Biopsychosocial assessment

Forensic risk assessment

Trauma-informed care

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in nursing, occupational therapy, psychology or social work

Job description

Forensic Mental Health - Senior Forensic Mental Health Clinician

• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth? cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role.

About the role The Senior Forensic Mental Health Clinician provides specialist and comprehensive mental health assessment, treatment, and support to individuals completing a Mental Health Treatment and Rehabilitation Condition as part of a Community Corrections Order (CCO) or Parole Order.

Leveraging knowledge and experience, this role provides specialist clinical guidance and practice support to a multidisciplinary team.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

• Conduct comprehensive, evidence-based biopsychosocial mental health and structured forensic risk assessments in clinical, community, and workplace settings
• Develop, implement and review evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment plans
• Manage a complex and high-risk forensic caseload, ensuring appropriate treatment, risk management, escalation and documentation
• Promote reflective and evidence-based practice, continuous clinical improvement and high-quality forensic mental health care

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers.
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family.
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in nursing, occupational therapy, psychology or social work
• Demonstrated experience as a senior practitioner, providing guidance and consultation within a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to conduct comprehensive mental health and forensic assessments, manage complex cases and deliver improved client outcomes

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close at 11.59PM on Monday 2nd November 2026.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Lee Brooks via email at **********@cohealth.org.au.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.