• Location – Dillwynia Correctional Centre & John Morony Correctional Centre
• Employment type – Ongoing and Temporary Opportunities Available (up to 12 months, with possible extension for temporary roles)
• Grade / Salary range – $76,531.00 - $134,446.00 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation, annual leave loading and environmental allowance.

Centre Overviews

Dillwynia Correctional Centre:

Home to over 580 female inmates, Dillwynia Correctional Centre is the largest female correctional facility in Australia. Located on the Francis Greenway Correctional site in Berkshire Park near Windsor, the centre operates with a trauma-informed, person-centred, and gender-responsive approach.

The centre houses inmates across all classifications, from maximum to minimum security, and offers tailored programs and services to meet their needs. The team comprises two Senior Psychologists and nine Psychologists, providing a supportive and collaborative environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop and enhance skills in gender-informed assessments and interventions.

John Morony Correctional Centre:

Located near Windsor, NSW, John Morony Correctional Centre serves male inmates, focusing on mental health, substance use, and other criminogenic risk factors. Operating under a rehabilitative and reintegrative model, this facility offers a multidisciplinary approach, fostering collaboration and innovative practices.

Your role

As a psychologist, you will deliver expert psychological assessment and intervention services within a custodial environment. You will also provide professional consultation on offender management, ensuring evidence-based practices are consistently applied.

What you’ll do

• Deliver psychological assessments and interventions to individuals in custody.
• Provide expert consultation to staff regarding offender mental health and risk management (including sexual and violent offender assessment).
• Assist in the formulation of behaviour management plans and case plans for those in custody, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate and compliant documentation on the Offender Integrated. Management System (OIMS) and psychology files for all individuals receiving psychological services.
• May prepare reports and provide consultation to statutory authorities, including the State Parole Authority, Serious Offenders Review Council, and Mental Health Review Tribunal. 

What we’re looking for

• A motivated psychologist to provide an ethical and effective psychology service in a dynamic environment for psychologists who are charged with management of challenging clients and in the context of limited or scarce professional resources.
• Demonstrated expertise in assessment and treatment in correctional psychology including mental health issues, cognitive impairment, and with respect to behaviour management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary correctional principles related to psychological assessments and interventions, including criminogenic risk assessment.

Essential requirements

• Minimum four-year accredited qualification in psychology with current provisional or full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Download the role description.  

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

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Why Join Us?

• A challenging, rewarding career with competitive pay and conditions.
• Training and development opportunities, including correctional practice certifications.
• Health and wellbeing programs, including Employee Assistance Programs.

Are you ready to join us?

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click the ‘Apply Now’ button.

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Got a question?

For more information about the role at Dillwynia Correctional Centre or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Emily Jobse on 02 4582 3895 or at [email protected] . For John Morony Correctional Centre, please contact Andrew McAlpin on 02 4582 2174 or at [email protected] 

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Nastassja Le Claire on 0460 961 902 or via [email protected] using the subject line: Psychologists / Specialist Psychologists - Dillwynia & John Morony Correctional Centre enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more. 

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 LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

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.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

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

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