Senior Clinician, Child and Adolescent Practice - Malmsbury

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; Malmsbury; Sur place; AUD 129 000 - 141 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation allowance

Sponsorship of professional membership

Conferences representation

Résumé du poste

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Malmsbury is seeking a Senior Clinician to lead a dynamic team delivering clinical services to justice-involved young people. This role offers challenging, meaningful work in a safe, supported environment with opportunities to advance practice and contribute to positive youth outcomes.

You will guide evidence-informed interventions, foster strong relationships with families and communities, and participate in monthly training.

Qualifications

• Qualified practitioner with professional membership or general registration in occupational therapy.
• Experience managing teams in forensic assessment/intervention.
• Ability to work within a forensic framework with youth offenders.

Responsabilités

• Lead a team providing therapeutic intervention to youth with complex needs.
• Manage a dedicated team to create positive change in partnership with families.
• Use evidence-informed practice to guide mindset and behaviour changes.
• Facilitate regular training and development for staff.

Connaissances

Leadership

Therapeutic intervention

Team management

Forensic assessment

Communication

Formation

Occupational therapy registration

Description du poste

Senior Clinician, Child and Adolescent Practice - Malmsbury

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Malmsbury VIC

• Lead a dynamic team helping justice-involved young people turn their lives around.
• Enjoy challenging, meaningful clinical work in a safe and supported environment.
• Earn $128,635 - $140,849 per year, plus super.
• Sponsorship of industry membership and opportunities to represent at conferences.

If you're passionate aboutclinical work with young peopleand is looking to join a dedicated team that values your expertise, supports creativity and encourages professional growth, you'll thrive at Statewide Rehabilitation Services (SRS).

Across our community offices and custodial facilities, our team gives young people involved in the justice system the consistent clinical care they need to rebuild their lives.

As one of our senior clinicians, you will manage a dedicated team to create positive change and help young people rebuild their lives in partnership with families and communities.

Using evidence-informed practice, you will guide them throughlife-changing shifts in mindset, behaviour and self-belief and empower them to make positive choices, learn new skills to reduce harmful behaviours and stay on track.

It's complex and challenging work. But it'swork that makes a real differenceboth to young people's futures and to our state's safety.

We are currently recruiting for opportunities at our Malmsbury precinct, offering a great work/life balance in the countryside of central Victoria. We also offer a $10K relocation allowance for eligible candidates who are thinking of moving to within an hour's drive of the facility.

You will:

• Work within a forensic framework with young people who engage in serious offending behaviour and may present as a moderate to high risk of reoffending.
• Use your skills and judgement to lead a team in providing therapeutic intervention to young people with complex needs and build respectful, supportive relationships.
• Help develop a strong team culture where peer support and collaboration are central to success.
• Take part inregular training and development, with one day each month dedicated to your learning.

What you will get

Our clinicians will tell you that the work here is its own reward. This is a unique opportunity to provide continued support to young people, working across a variety of youth justice settings.

However, there are also many other benefits of a clinical career in youth justice, including:

• a comprehensiveclinical induction
• opportunities for further professional development
• sponsorshipof your professional membership such as AHPRA or AASW
• ongoing support, with both informal and formal clinical and operationalsupervision.

About you

If you have a professional clinical background and experience managing teams – as well as experience in forensic assessment and intervention – this could be the start of career defining work with real purpose. This could be the start of career defining work with real purpose.

We recruit qualified practitioners with professional membership or general registration in:

• occupational therapy.

Travel betweenour custodial precincts, and community centres may be required.

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.