Principal Practitioner

Queensland Corrective Services; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services – Brisbane QLD seeks a Principal Practitioner to enhance community safety through specialized services for violent extremist offenders in the correctional population.

The role conducts forensic assessments, reports, interventions, and case formulations, and provides advice on operational case management; collaboration with clinical staff and multidisciplinary teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Specialist knowledge and experience in the assessment, management and treatment of violent extremist offenders within a correctional environment.
• Significant experience working within a clinical or forensic environment with complex clients including offenders who have engaged in violent, extremist or related offending.
• Experience interpreting psychometric, offender risk and allied health tools used in offender assessment.
• Strong interpersonal skills for negotiating with internal and external stakeholders on sensitive issues.
• Ability to work closely with a multidisciplinary team including clinical staff who conduct forensic assessments and interventions.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with clinicians, practitioners and experts in forensic and mental health fields.
• Ability to deliver results by efficiently using resources, adapting to change, and driving projects to completion.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

Skills

Extremist offender management

Clinical/forensic experience

Psychometric tools interpretation

Stakeholder negotiation

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Relationship building

Resourceful & deadline-driven

Organisational skills

Job description

Queensland Corrective Services – Brisbane QLD

The Principal Practitioner will enhance community safety through the delivery of specialised services supporting the management of violent extremist offenders in the correctional population. The role is responsible for conducting forensic assessments, reports, interventions, and case formulations, as well as providing advice on the operational case management for violent extremist offenders.

The most suitable applicant will demonstrate their applied knowledge, skills, and experience against these essential role requirements of the Individual Contributor leadership stream:

• Specialist knowledge and experience in the assessment, management and treatment of violent extremist offenders within a correctional environment;
• Significant experience working within a clinical or forensic environment with complex clients which may include offenders who have engaged, or may engage in violent, extremist or fixated related offending;
• Experience in the interpretation of psychometric, offender risk and/or allied health professional tools used in the assessment of offenders;
• Strong interpersonal skills for negotiating with internal and external stakeholders, who often have competing interests, on sensitive and complex issues;
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with and provide support to a multidisciplinary team which includes clinical staff whom conduct forensic assessments and intervention;
• Ability to build and manage ongoing working relationships with a range of stakeholders including other clinicians, practitioners and experts in the forensic and mental health field;
• Achieves results through identifying and using resources wisely, responding positively to change, and managing responsibilities and projects through to completion; and
• Organisational skills with the ability to set priorities, coordinate activities and meet deadlines.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.