Description
- Help justice-involved young people turn their lives around.
- Enjoy challenging, meaningful clinical work in a safe and supported team.
- Earn $113,022 - $124,884 per year, plus super.
- Grow your skills with ongoing training and supervision.
If you're passionate about clinical work with young people and are looking to join a team that values your expertise, supports creativity and encourages professional growth, you'll thrive at Statewide Rehabilitation Services (SRS).
Across our community offices and custodial facilities, our team gives young people involved in the justice system the consistent support they need, working with care teams, families and communities to help rebuild their lives.
Using evidence-informed practice, you will guide them through life-changing shifts in mindset, behaviour and self-belief and empower them to make positive choices, learn new skills to reduce harmful behaviours and stay on track. It's complex and challenging work. But it's work that makes a real difference both to young people's futures and to our state's safety.
We currently have permanent and fixed-term opportunities in the south west at Barwon, in the south east at Dandenong as well as at Parkville near the CBD.
You will:
- Work within a forensic framework with young people who engage in serious offending behaviour and may present as a moderate to high risk of reoffending.
- Use your skills and judgement to deliver therapeutic interventions for young people with complex needs and build respectful, supportive relationships.
- Contribute to a strong team culture where peer support and collaboration with other stakeholders are central to success.
- Take part in regular training and development, with one day each month dedicated to your learning.
What you will get
Our clinicians will tell you that the work here is its own reward. This is a unique opportunity to provide continued support to young people, working across a variety of youth justice settings. However, there are also many other benefits of a clinical career in youth justice, including:
- a comprehensive clinical induction
- opportunities for professional development with one day a month dedicated to training.
- sponsorship of your professional membership such as AHPRA or AASW
- ongoing support, with both informal and formal clinical and operational supervision.
Requirements
If you have a professional clinical background or education – as well as experience undertaking comprehensive assessments and/or CBT based interventions – we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. This could be the start of career defining work with real purpose.
We recruit qualified practitioners with relevant experience as well as professional membership or general registration in occupational therapy.
