Psychologist - Court Services

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 82,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, autonomous work environment

Health & Wellbeing Programs

Training and development opportunities

Competitive pay and conditions

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice – Sydney CBD NSW seeks a psychologist to provide direct assessment, intervention, and educational support for District, Drug, Local, Children, and Coroner's Courts, and for judges. The role involves expert judicial consultation on mental health and wellbeing and reporting to the Executive Team under the Judicial Psychological Support and Wellbeing Program.

Join a multidisciplinary team, working in a hybrid arrangement, with pro-rata salary and allowances

Qualifications

• Ethical and effective psychology services in challenging environments.
• Knowledge of court operations, judicial environments and related practices.
• Understanding ethical and legal obligations for psychologists.
• Willingness to travel throughout NSW.
• Current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Responsibilities

• Promote resilience and provide confidential support pathways for judges.
• Maintain confidential documentation on interactions with judges.
• Collaborate with the Judicial Commission and DCJ Executive on interventions.
• Adapt psychological literature for new programs and research for judges' support.
• Present at conferences promoting psychological and wellbeing services for judges.
• Design and deliver wellbeing education programs for judges and staff.

Skills

Ethical practice

Court knowledge

Assessment & treatment

Travel willingness

Education

Four-year psychology degree

Job description

NSW Department of Communities and Justice – Sydney CBD NSW

• Sydney CBD - We offer a hybrid working arrangement, with flexibility available
• Temporary up to 2- years - Part Time (21 HPW)
• Salary: $ 81,980 - $121,865, (pro-rata), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading. This includes the Psychologists Attraction and Retention Allowance, annual amount of $9,000 - In accordance with the Crown Employees (Psychologists) Award C8526.

Your role

This is a unique opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, human resources, Judicial, and Court Services staff to provide direct psychological assessment, intervention, therapeutic services, and educational support to District Court, Drug Court, Local Court, Children's Court, and Coroner's Court, and Judges.

Provide expert consultation to judges regarding mental health and wellbeing, as well as providing advice and reporting to the Executive Team in line with the Judicial Psychological Support and Wellbeing Program.

What you'll do

• Promote resilience, provide early intervention, and reduce psychological risk by offering a dedicated, confidential support pathway for judges.
• Maintain confidential succinct documentation and psychological notes on all interactions with judges receiving psychological services.
• Work in collaboration with the Judicial Commission and DCJ Executive, Conduct and evaluate psychological interventions to ensure more complex situations are managed effectively.
• Adapt psychological literature for new programs, supports or research for the purpose of supporting judges and applying interventions.
• Present at conferences and events promoting the psychological and wellbeing services available to judges.
• Design and deliver wellbeing education programs for judges and limited staff.

What we're looking for

• Experience providing ethical and effective psychology services in a dynamic environment with challenging situations, such as court, health, emergency services defence, corrections, regulation or other complex public services.
• Demonstrated expertise in assessment and treatment in psychological services including, vicarious trauma exposure, mental health concerns, , and with general wellbeing support and preventative management.
• Demonstrated level of knowledge and understanding of court operations, judicial, and / or legal environments, principles and practices relevant to psychology assessment and treatments.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of psychologist's ethical and legal obligations.
• Minimum four-year accredited qualification in psychology with full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Current driver's licence and willingness to travel throughout NSW.

Download the role description

This role description is to be read in conjunction with the relevant conditions, characteristics and criteria included in the Crown Employees (Psychologists) Award C8526 of 15 April 2016.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Are you ready to join us?

Applications close: Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 11:59pm AEST

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.