• Join our growing Barwon South West team and help reduce re-offending
• Do career-defining work with marginalised groups
• Guide a skilled forensic clinical team to serve a complex caseload
• Enjoy world-class training and wellbeing support
• Earn $134,593 – $180,115 per year plus super
• 2 x generalist team leader roles available in Lara, as well as one specialist role leading the adapted interventions team in the CBD.

Empower people and elevate your career – join Forensic Intervention Services. 

FIS provides evidence-based screening, assessment and intervention services for individuals in custody and the community. We focus on areas such as violent and sexual offending, restorative justice, violent extremism and family violence.

As part of the leadership group of our Barwon South West team, you will oversee the treatment of complex cases across a precinct of four mixed-security prisons, including the brand-new Western Plains Correctional Centre.

This is the perfect opportunity if you're looking to expand your expertise, enjoy a more dynamic role or leave a lasting influence in a progressive field.

In addition to compelling work, we offer:

• flexible work options
• mental health and wellbeing support
• annual leadership forums and conferences
• professional registration funding
• relocation allowances for eligible candidates
• limited travel requirements, with most of your work carried out on-site.

What you will do

As a forensic clinical team leader, you will provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary clinical team. You will oversee and deliver risk assessments, interventions and individual treatments to individuals with complex forensic needs.

What is the adapted interventions team? (One vacancy)

The adapted interventions team provides offence-specific screening, assessment and intervention with service users with cognitive impairment in custody and the community.

You will also:

• deliver high-quality supervision and professional development to forensic staff
• drive workforce capability through training and education initiatives
• manage quality assurance processes for treatment plans and risk assessments
• build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• contribute to research, policy development and recruitment of forensic staff.

To learn more about the role, and the kind of candidate we are looking for, please read the attached position description.

Western Plains Employment Expo 

Join our in-person Western Plains employment expo on Wednesday 5 February. Take a guided tour of the state-of-the-art facility and learn more about careers at Victoria's Barwon South West prison precinct. Please note, this expo takes place once applications have closed for this vacancy, so please apply now if you’re interested.

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm > Wednesday 5 February > Western Plains Correctional Centre > 1150 Bacchus Marsh Road, Lara

Registration is essential. Email [email protected] to register your interest or visit justice.vic.gov.au/careerexpo.

Job Reference: DJCS/FCTL25.