• Full time, ongoing Senior Psychology P3 role
• Based at Ravenhall Correctional Centre
• Great salary packaging conditions and leave entitlements
• Free onsite parking

Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Completed in 2017, the new medium-security men's prison is located in Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne's west, providing world-class forensic mental health services in Victoria in a purpose-built state of the art facility developed to international best practice standards.

About the role:

The Psychologist works on a 10 bed psychosocial rehabilitation unit within Ballerrt Yeram-boo-ee with mentally disordered patients/prisoners as a member of the multidisciplinary team. The Psychologist provides a high level of clinical psychological expertise to Forensicare services at Ballerrt Yeram-boo-ee. As a senior professional representative, the position also provides consultancy and advice to other agencies and key stakeholders. The Psychologist also participates in the training and supervision of psychology placement students, interns and staff of other disciplines where appropriate.

Duties:

• Provide an advanced range of psychological services including advice on the management and treatment of complex patient/prisoner issues to other clinicians.
• Provide specialist psychological, psychometric assessments and reports where necessary.
• Provide individual and/or group interventions as appropriate.
• Fulfill the role of key clinician for a small number of allocated patients.

Skills and experience:

• Expertise in clinical forensic mental health practice including forensic assessments (i.e., court ordered assessments, assessment of risk for violence) and intervention with offenders.
• Skills in clinical assessment, including the administration and interpretation of psychological tests designed to assess personality, psychopathology, intelligence and cognitive functioning.
• Skills in providing individual or group treatment with patients with mental illness, emotional problems, and/or behavioural problems.
• A good understanding of the current psychological approaches in working with mentally disordered male patients in the forensic mental health setting.

Mandatory qualifications & registrations:

• Masters or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from an APS accredited course or equivalent, OR Doctorate degree in Forensic Psychology from an APS accredited course or equivalent.
• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA)
• The successful candidate will be required to register their qualifications on eCredential

Benefits:

We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Great salary packaging conditions & leave entitlements
• Bonus payment for relevant postgrad qualifications
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Comprehensive Health and Wellbeing Programs including: Staff health service, Critical Incident Stress Management and Employee Assistance Programs.

Forensicare values a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

This position is subject to a Police Check.

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.