Position details

Tasmanian Government•Meriden, CT

15h

About The Position

The Department of Justice is seeking to employ a Senior Clinician and Educator on an 18-month contract. This role involves undertaking comprehensive assessment and treatment planning for offenders, providing evidence-based interventions, maintaining case notes and administrative information, and preparing formal assessments and reports. The position also requires providing leadership, clinical direction, and guidance to Community Corrections staff, collaborating with Practice Leads and Unit Managers to offer training and support to Probation Officers, and liaising with stakeholders to enhance community and victim-survivor safety. The role is based on 73.50 hours per fortnight with flexible options available. The department is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, individuals from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers, and LGBTIQA+ individuals. They also support reasonable adjustment requests throughout the recruitment process.

Requirements

A degree of at least 3 years duration in Psychology, Social Work or Counselling or equivalent as provided by a recognised university.

Responsibilities

Undertake comprehensive assessment and treatment planning of offenders, providing evidence based, best practice interventions in an assigned area of practice.
Maintain offender case notes, records and administrative information and prepare formal assessments and other reports in accordance with relevant practice standards.
Provide leadership, clinical direction, and guidance to Community Corrections staff.
Work collaboratively with Practice Leads and Unit Managers to provide training, expert advice, quality assurance and case management support to Probation Officers working with offenders subject to community based intervention.
Liaise and build relationships with stakeholders to support community and victim-survivor safety.
Perform other duties as envisaged by the assigned classification under the relevant industrial award or agreement and in accordance with the skills, competency and training of the occupant.