Provisional Clinician

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job stability

Great salary

Transparent performance framework

Generous leave entitlements

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC is seeking clinicians to deliver developmentally tailored interventions for young people in custody and the community. You will learn to perform risk assessments and identify treatment needs within a supportive statewide framework, ensuring continuity of care as youths transition between community and custody.

The role offers supervision, ongoing professional development, and exposure to forensic assessment and report writing under expert guidance.

Qualifications

• Provisional registration as a Psychologist, or registration as an Occupational Therapist with AHPRA, or eligible for AASW.
• Full driver's licence.
• Experience with criminogenic and non-criminogenic programs and evidence-based assessment tools desirable.

Responsibilities

• Learn to undertake evidence-based risk assessments and identify treatment needs for justice-involved young people.
• Develop skills to facilitate and co-facilitate individual and group-based developmentally tailored clinical intervention programmes.
• Develop skills to complete comprehensive clinical case notes and reports.
• Be supervised by an experienced Senior Clinician providing clinical supervision and professional development opportunities.

Skills

Criminogenic programs

Psychometric tools

Structured professional judgement

Risk assessment

Trauma-informed approaches

Education

Provisional psychologist registration (AHPRA)

AHPRA Occupational Therapist registration

AASW membership eligibility

Tools

Driver's licence

Job description

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Melbourne Northern Suburbs VIC

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Join Victoria's Statewide Rehabilitation Services.
• Build your skills in forensic assessment, intervention, and report writing—backed by expert clinical supervision and support.
• Enjoy challenging, meaningful clinical work in a safe and supported team.

Create Change from the Inside Out

The young people we work with can make remarkable changes in their lives.

Statewide Rehabilitation Services (SRS) is a statewide program that provides young people in custody and the community with developmentally targeted and multi‑systemic offence‑specific and offence‑related assessments and interventions.

As a statewide model, rehabilitation services aim to provide continuity of care to young people as they move from community into custody.

The opportunity

• AH3 Role earning $100,894 - $114,476 per year plus super.
• Learn to undertake evidence‑based risk assessments and identify treatment needs for justice‑involved young people.
• Develop skills to facilitate and co‑facilitate individual and group‑based developmentally tailored clinical intervention programmes for children and young people.
• Develop skills to complete comprehensive clinical case notes and reports.
• Be supervised by an experienced Senior Clinician providing clinical supervision and guidance and receive clinical induction and ongoing professional development opportunities.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Experience and/or knowledge in the delivery of criminogenic and non‑criminogenic programmes and application of evidence‑based psychometric and structured professional judgement tools for the assessment of young people in criminal justice settings, is desirable
• An understanding of the therapeutic frameworks underpinning treatment with young people in justice settings, and an ability to apply these frameworks in practice, such as the Risk‑Needs‑Responsivity principles, and trauma informed approaches
• A willingness to learn and ability to work well with different stakeholders and contribute to a positive team culture.

Qualifications Required

• Provisional registration as a Psychologist, or registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); or
• Eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW).
• A full driver's licence.

For more information on the skills and experience that we look for, please read the job description document attached.

What's in it for you?

You will be working for the Department of Justice and Community Safety, which is one arm of the Victorian State Government, a recognised top employer of choice nationally. All our staff work to the vision of a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria.

There are many advantages in working for the department, including:

• Job stability– position as a member of the Victorian Public Service (VPS).
• 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.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants are welcome to utilise support from the Aboriginal Recruitment Team throughout the recruitment process. Aboriginal candidates are encouraged to contact ***************@justice.vic.gov.au if they would like cultural support and guidance through the application process.

For Aboriginal Designated and Prioritised positions, a Certificate of Aboriginality (CoA) will be required prior to an offer of employment being made.

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways we 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.

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.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre‑employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.