Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time
Salary: $72,189 - $98,955
Grade: AH2
Occupation: Prison and corrective services
Location: Various
Reference: DJCS/3674
Exciting opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services as a Forensic Intern Clinician, on a 14-Month Fixed Term basis.
What does Forensic Intervention Services do?
As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area that provides people in custody and on community-based dispositions with offence specific services including: screening, assessment, and intervention to support their rehabilitation. In doing so, Forensic Intervention Services is a critical component of the department's strategy to reduce reoffending and contribute to community safety.
What will the Forensic Intern Clinician do?
Under supervision, the Forensic Intern Clinician is responsible for providing a limited range of specialist clinical services state-wide, including screenings, assessments, and group-based interventions to people who have perpetrated sexual and/or violent offences, or whose offences are strongly connected with substance misuse.
Some of your duties will include:
To be successful in the Forensic Intern Clinician role, you will have:
What skills should the Forensic Intern Clinician have?
Qualifications
What's in it for you?
You will be working for the Department of Justice and Community Safety, which is one arm of the Victorian State Government, a recognised top employer of choice nationally. All our staff work to the vision of a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria.
There are many advantages in working for the department, including:
To learn more about the type of skills you will need to thrive in this role, please read the attached position description.
If you have any queries, please contact Lisa Rinaldo via email [email protected].
We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce – we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural background. We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector.
We're proud of our individual differences. We're proud of the many languages we speak and the stories we can share with each other. We hope you will share your story too.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working towards increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) workforce. The Aboriginal Employment Team aims to attract, recruit and retain Aboriginal staff across all our roles. This support includes a culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment process. To learn more, email [email protected]
If this sounds like a compelling job that you believe your skills would be a great match for, please APPLY NOW. Applications close 15 October 2026.
How to apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependent on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
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.