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

• Multiple positions available
• Do vital forensic work with people with cognitive impairment.
• Enjoy world-class training and wellbeing support.
• Flexible work opportunities available.
• Earn $109, 730 – $132,764 (AH4) per year plus super.
• City-based head office with travel across Victoria.

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.

We're seeking experienced professionals in psychology, social work, mental health nursing or occupational therapy to join our growing team of forensic clinicians.

Whether you're looking to expand your expertise, enjoy a more dynamic role or leave a lasting impact in a progressive field, this is career defining work with marginalised groups you can’t access anywhere else.

What is the adapted interventions team?

This team is responsible for screening, assessment, and intervention services to service users with a cognitive impairment. We provide services in all prisons across the state (including those in management units or endorsed under a long-term management regime, and those located at private prisons) and to service users in the community on community-based dispositions.

How we'll support and reward you

Our work can be demanding, so we offer first-rate training and support.

• A specialised induction program for new clinical staff (including foundation, theory, and mentored on-the-job training).
• Exposure to national and international experts in forensic work.
• Mental health and wellbeing care – essential debriefing for the first 12 months for new forensic practitioners.
• Supervision by senior clinical staff with support on a day-to-day basis.
• Ongoing professional development, including clinical scholarship, research program and study leave opportunities.
• Your professional association membership or registration funded annually (e.g. PBA/AHPRA, AASW)
• Relocation allowances for eligible candidates.

What you'll do

As a forensic clinician, you will build on your existing expertise as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will deliver evidence-based, best-practice forensic intervention in a supportive correctional environment.

Working within the risk-needs-responsivity model, you will deliver a wide range of individualised services including:

• Comprehensive assessments, including risk assessments.
• Clinical interviews to develop person-centred rehabilitation pathways.
• Treatment interventions employing evidence-based assessment tools.
• Treatment programs involving individual and group sessions.
• Preparing treatment plans, treatment reports and risk assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders.

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