AddressMental Health Clinician - Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service
- Excellent team culture, training and supervision, and prof dev opportunities
- Multiple Part Time and Full time Fixed Term (June 2026) roles
- Based across Parkville and Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precincts
Your new role
This is a multidisciplinaryrole and is open to Grade 2 or 3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workersand Psychologists (Clinical/Forensic), and Grade 3 or 4 RegisteredPsychiatric Nurses. In this role, you will:
- Provide clinical assessments and treatment to young people in youthjustice custody, including appropriate discharge planning, care teamliaison and age-appropriate referrals to support their transition backinto the community
- Work collaboratively and feel very supported by our experienced andskilled clinical & medical staff and engage with ourkey-stakeholders from youth justice (YJ) and other service providers(CCA, Barwon Health & Caraniche)
- Be based at either the Parkville, Malmsbury or Cherry Creek YouthJustice Precinct. As such, travel to the workplace destination can beincluded within the working hours.
Your new team:
Orygen Specialist Program(OSP), is a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, that providesspecialist Mental Health services for young people aged 15 to 25 andfocuses on providing early intervention to young people with severe andcomplex mental illness.
Custodial Forensic Youth Mental HealthService (FYMHS) provides specialist youth Mental Health care in youthjustice custodial settings including the Parkville, Malmsbury and CherryCreek sites.
About You:
- Relevant registration and qualifications (see position description for details)
- Demonstrate experience in the application of clinical practice, particularly in youth Mental Health
- Knowledge of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system and other relevant settings is desirable.
Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program:
- Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth and change -career progression opportunities to suit your professional developmentgoals
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport
The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity,inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is forour people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be attheir best every single day. We encourage talented people from allbackgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, andwill consider adjustments to support such applications.
Interested?
Ifyou’re ready to make a real and positive impact amongst the youthjustice population by providing high quality assessment, evidence basedtreatment, care team consultation / liaison and support / servicelinkages for young people within & exiting custody, we would love todiscuss this exciting role with you in more detail. If you are lookingfor a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities,connect with us via the details below.
Please note:recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitableapplications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closingdate.
All appointments are made subject to asatisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable,Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required toprovide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence ofvaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) prior to commencement. This is inaccordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s MandatoryVaccination Orders for COVID-19.
