State Of Victoria | Senior Clinician

Job Function: Prison and Corrective Services Work Type: Ongoing - full time About this role Senior Clinician, Child and Adolescent Practice Join Victoria's statewide rehabilitation services. Lead and supervise a team of clinicians and oversee clinical portfolio development in the delivery of multi-systemic interventions. Administer evidence-based clinical assessments and deliver targeted criminogenic and non-criminogenic programs to young people in Youth Justice in custodial and community settings. Create Change from the Inside Out The young people we work with can make remarkable changes in their lives. Statewide rehabilitation services include innovative, evidence-based clinical assessments and interventions for children and young people to support their rehabilitation and reintegration with caregivers, education, and other related support systems in the community. As a statewide model, rehabilitation services aim to provide continuity of care to young people as they move from community into custody. The opportunity AHP 4.2 Role earning $121,250 - $132,764 per year plus super. Provide leadership and clinical supervision to a team of clinicians, offering guidance and expertise in managing the dynamics involved in multi-systemic practice and intervention. Deliver therapeutic interventions to developmentally vulnerable young people with highly complex needs in community and in custody. In this role, you will lead and advise a dynamic team of clinicians in delivering criminogenic and non-criminogenic programs to help create best practice outcomes for children and young people in the community and in custody. You will administer clinical assessments and deliver group and individual interventions to highly complex young people, and you will supervise clinical portfolio development by establishing effective relationships with multiple stakeholders that facilitate delivery of multi-systemic interventions. As part of our overarching rehabilitation services model, you will also oversee practice improvement and support the clinicians to effect change by providing them with training, development, and support on research approaches, implementation science, and undertaking knowledge translation activities. In this role, you will also ensure completion of treatment plans and risk assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders, including collaboration with senior practice advisors, case managers, behaviour support specialists, youth justice workers, and our extended community and custodial operations teams. To be successful in the role, you will have knowledge of key issues impacting youth justice and a minimum of two years' experience working directly with children and young people. Qualifications Required General Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); or Eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW); or Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; or Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. If this sounds like a compelling job that you believe your skills would be a great match for, please APPLY NOW. Applications close 11.59pm, 02 February 2025. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 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.

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