Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 4th Aug 2021
Mental Health Clinician RPN4, SW3, OT3, P3 (Backfill / Leave Replacement Position)
Forensicare - Mental Health Advice & Response Service (MHARS), Court Based Mental Health Service
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. The Mental Health Advice and Response Service (MHARS) operates in eight metropolitan courts: Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Ringwood, Heidelberg, Dandenong, Frankston, Moorabbin and Sunshine. MHARS provides clinical mental health advice within the court to reduce delays in proceedings and remands, and to improve the appropriateness of mental health interventions and referrals for people appearing before the court. The program enables clinical services to intervene early in the criminal justice process by identifying where individuals charged with an offence and appearing before the court have a mental illness, and by providing timely advice and linkage with treatment providers. Where needed, immediate psychiatric intervention is provided and referral made to appropriate mental health services. Priority is given to providing immediate responses to those presenting to the court who are acutely mentally unwell.
Specialist clinical mental health advice is provided to Magistrates, Community Correctional Services (CCS) and court users to ensure effective assessment, treatment and management, and that court processes are applied, while accounting for community safety and the mental health needs of the individual.
The program also supports the court to understand mental health. It does this through consultation and education to CCS, Magistrates and users of the court on mental health services and mental health issues
About the role:
The MHARS Clinician will be responsible for delivering the mental health services to individuals appearing before the Magistrates Court of Victoria (MCV). The position is full time fixed term Monday-Friday until july 2023 providing backfill / leave coverage to the MHARS program.
As a MHARS senior mental health clinician you will be required to screen, assess and prepare psychiatric reports for the Court and Community Corrections as well as providing advice and consultation regarding mental health referral and treatment options for clients appearing before the court to inform decision making.
We can also provide education and training on mental illness and the mental health system—as well as related legislation—for court users and staff.
Nursing
Psychology
Occupational Therapy
Social Work
We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:
Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Forensicare promotes the following values: responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.