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Location: We have opportunities in Lotus Glen (Mareeba)
Flexible Full Time, Permanent opportunities are available
Full time is 36 hours 15 minutes per week (7 hours 15 minutes per day), with flexible options between operating hours of Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm each day.
Salary up to $111,975 p.a. + 12.75% superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading
There has never been a more exciting time work with Queensland Corrective Services! We’re currently undergoing a period of change in how we deliver mental health services within our centres, and within that we’re expanding our psychology workforce to include social workers and occupational therapists.
Our Mental Health Clinician roles can suit newly graduated or early career Psychologists, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists who want to be part of these crucial centre-based teams.
This is a unique operating environment where you will be supported with professional development, supervision and be exposed to on the job learning like no other role, all while providing quality clinical services that include assessments and tailored interventions that support the mental health, wellbeing, and rehabilitation of individuals in custody.
In your role as a Mental Health Clinician, no two days will be the same. Your work will include:
∙ Conducting independent risk assessments of harm to self or others, including acute or chronic risk
∙ Providing psychoeducation related to mental health conditions, symptoms, and treatment options to individuals
∙ Delivering individual or group-based skill acquisition focused interventions aimed at developing coping skills and building resilience
∙ Maintaining a high level of knowledge and contemporary understanding of psychopathology, diagnostic classification systems and clinical and psychometric assessment tools
QCS' clinical frameworks provide sound guidance and logic for appropriate decisions and activities, plus you will have supportive leadership and supervision to help you continue to broaden your professional experience and knowledge.
No two days will ever be the same; you will manage a challenging case load, be exposed to on the job learning like no other role, all while providing quality clinical services that include assessments and tailored interventions that support mental health and wellbeing.
Your excellent interpersonal skills will enable you to collaborate and work effectively and sensitively with a diverse range of colleagues and individuals in custody.
As a member of this team, you will also:
∙ Conduct independent risk assessments of harm to self or others, including acute or chronic risk
∙ Provide psychoeducation related to mental health conditions, symptoms and treatment options to individuals
∙ Deliver individual or group-based skill acquisition focused interventions aimed at developing coping skills and building resilience
∙ Maintain a high level of knowledge and contemporary understanding of psychopathology, diagnostic classification systems and clinical and psychometric assessment tools
∙ QCS' clinical frameworks provide sound guidance and logic for appropriate decisions and activities, plus you will have supportive leadership and supervision to help you continue to broaden your professional experience and knowledge.
Why choose us:
Opportunities for Mental Health Clinicians are currently available in:
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
The Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, located 25 kilometres south of Mareeba, accommodates high and low security prisoners and provides a remand and reception function for the region from Innisfail to the north of Queensland.
The centre's catchment area for its inmate population includes Innisfail and north to Cairns, The Cape York Region, The Torres Strait Islands and other isolated communities. The centres prisoner population is generally comprised of between 60 to 70 per cent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The centre's previous cell capacity was 496 (396 within the secure unit and 100 at the centre's farm). To accommodate the growth in prisoner numbers, Lotus Glen Correctional Centre underwent a $445 million refurbishment and expansion.
As a result of the redevelopment, the capacity facilities have been expanded to house an additional 300 secure cells and 24 low-security farm beds. The secure centre has a capacity of approximately 696 cells, and the low custody facility has a capacity to accommodate 124 prisoners.
The centre provides prisoners with meaningful work opportunities in industry and farm work areas which provide skills that can be used by the prisoners on release in the local region.
Please click here to see the current roles available and select the location you’re interested in to see the job description and instructions on how to apply.
For more information, please contact QCS Mental Health Careers team at 07 3565 7294.
We hope to receive an application from you for your next career opportunity with us.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. If you have a health condition, disability, or cultural or linguistic background that requires adjustments, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We will support you to participate equitably throughout the recruitment process.
Feel free to contact [email protected] / 1800 630 124.
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