Psychologist (Specialist Units)
The GEO Group
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Job summary
The GEO Group Australia is recruiting a Psychologist to support Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Victoria. You will conduct comprehensive assessments, develop behavioural support and intervention plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions to reduce risk and promote rehabilitation.
Join a collaborative team at Ravenhall that strives for safer prisons, stronger rehabilitation outcomes and meaningful outcomes for people with complex needs.
Qualifications
- Psychologist with expertise in assessment, formulation and intervention.
- Experience working in multidisciplinary settings.
- Commitment to evidence-based, person-centred practice.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and risk formulations.
- Develop and implement Behavioural Support Plans and Intervention Plans.
- Deliver targeted psychological interventions focusing on emotion regulation and risk reduction.
- Provide specialist consultation, coaching and training to custodial and multidisciplinary staff.
- Collaborate with health, disability, rehabilitation and custodial teams for holistic care planning.
- Contribute to case reviews, transition planning and clinical governance.
- Promote a therapeutic environment that supports dignity, safety and rehabilitation.
- Monitor progress and ensure high-quality clinical documentation.
Skills
Job description
Where Psychology Meets Purpose: Help Shape Better Futures at Ravenhall.
Support Change, Build Resilience, and Make Every Day Meaningful.
Salary Range: $114,842 - $122,826 Base + Superannuation
At Ravenhall Correctional Centre, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services is creating exciting new opportunities for people who want their work to make a real difference.
Our redesigned services brings specialist expertise closer to the frontline, strengthens support from custody to community and creates clearer pathways for professional growth. It is more connected, more responsive and built to achieve stronger outcomes for people with diverse and complex needs.
Bring your expertise, ideas and commitment to change. Join a collaborative evidence-based team shaping the future of rehabilitation and reintegration at Ravenhall Correctional Centre where your work changes lives, strengthens communities and makes a difference every single day.
We are the country's leading provider of outsourced correctional services, operating in VIC. GEO aims to deliver better corrections and create safer communities. We focus on providing a continuum of care and integration of services to make a real difference in the lives of people we work with. Our company is defined by us always acting with Integrity, showing everyone Respect without fail, being Accountable at all times, always being Agile and continuously looking for opportunities to be Innovative. For more information about our organisation visit our website www.geogroup.com.au
To view our videos, including the type of individuals we seek to join our business, click here.
Ravenhall is a 1,300-bed medium-security prison for adult sentenced and remand men. Its contemporary campus-style design reflects four accommodation communities with varying profiles. Community accommodation is complemented by a further 75-bed Forensic Mental Health Unit, a 25-bed unit for prisoners with significant challenging behaviours, and a 25-bed Mission Unit designed to respond intensively and therapeutically to current community issues.
In recognition of the importance of the Continuum of Care, Ravenhall extends its presence into the community by providing ex-prisoners with access to post-release support at GEO's Community Reintegration Centre.
Ravenhall's emphasis on offender rehabilitation and reintegration is supported by a significantly resourced team of clinicians who work in partnership with a number of Victoria's most respected organisations, including Forensicare, YMCA and Kangan Institute. Working collaboratively, Ravenhall seeks to bring about lasting positive change in the lives of prisoners before and after release, with the ultimate aim of reducing reoffending.
To learn more about Ravenhall Correctional Centre, click here.
When others see challenging behaviour, you see an opportunity to understand what's driving it.
When others focus on risk, you focus on evidence-based solutions.
When others see barriers, you see potential for change.
Every person has a story.
Many of the individuals you will support have experienced significant disadvantage, trauma, mental illness, acquired brain injury, intellectual disability, neurodevelopmental conditions, or complex behavioural challenges.
Your expertise will help identify underlying drivers of behaviour, develop tailored intervention strategies, and create opportunities for meaningful change. In doing so, you will contribute to safer prisons, stronger rehabilitation outcomes, and ultimately safer communities.
As the Psychologist, you will:
- Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and risk formulations.
- Develop and implement evidence-based Behavioural Support Plans and Individual Intervention Plans.
- Deliver targeted psychological interventions focused on emotional regulation, behaviour change, and risk reduction.
- Provide specialist consultation, coaching and training to custodial and multidisciplinary staff.
- Work collaboratively with health, disability, rehabilitation and custodial teams to support holistic care planning.
- Contribute to case reviews, placement decisions, transition planning and clinical governance processes.
- Promote a therapeutic environment that supports dignity, safety and rehabilitation.
- Monitor progress, evaluate outcomes and ensure best-practice clinical documentation.
We're looking for a psychologist who is:
- Passionate about improving outcomes for people with complex needs.
- Skilled in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
- Confident working within multidisciplinary environments.
- Experienced in behaviour support, forensic, disability, mental health, correctional or complex care settings.
- Able to balance sound clinical judgement with operational and risk considerations.
- Committed to evidence-based, person-centred and rehabilitation-focused practice.
Apply advanced psychological practice with individuals presenting with a diverse range of behavioural, cognitive and mental health complexities.
Shape behaviour support strategies, build staff capability and contribute to system-wide improvements in care and rehabilitation.
Work alongside experienced multidisciplinary professionals within a highly specialised and rewarding practice environment.
See the direct impact of your work through improved wellbeing, reduced risk, successful transitions and positive rehabilitation outcomes.
Change is rarely immediate, but every breakthrough matters.
If you are a psychologist who wants to use your expertise to support some of the most vulnerable and complex individuals in our community, while contributing to safer and more rehabilitative outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Bring your clinical expertise. Bring your compassion. Help create opportunities for change.
Joining GEO is your chance to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of prisoners, their families and the community. Benefits of working for GEO, include but are not limited to:
- Role diversity and internal career progression opportunities
- Novated Lease and salary sacrifice options
- Ongoing funding for professional development opportunities (including further education sponsorship)
- Support with Professional Registration costs
- Flexible working arrangements
- Competitive salary and rewards scheme
- Free parking
- Employee Assistance Program
- Staff gym
- Subsidised meals
- Fitness Passport to promote wellbeing. Discounted gym and pool access for members and their families to over 1500 fitness facilities across Australia.
- REACH Program
- Discounted Private Health Insurance (Medibank Private)
- VCEA (Victorian Correctional Employees Association)
Important: Please note that Pre-Employment clearance can take up to approximately 6-8 weeks.
Please note: Only permanent Australian residents, Australian citizens or candidates with unrestricted visas and the right to work in Australia are eligible to apply for these positions.
Don't meet every requirement? At Ravenhall Correctional Centre, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.
To be considered for this role, applicants must submit a cover letter and a current resume.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are highly encouraged to apply
Applications close at 11:59pm, Thursday 26th November 2026 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The GEO Group reserves the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date; therefore, early applications are encouraged.
We are always looking for people to join our company who share the values that we stand for:
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