Address In this role you will:
* Provide leadership and operational coordination of psychological service staff across multiple locations.
* Ensure accountable, outcome based, high quality psychological practices are consistently provided.
* Monitor Psychological Services and workforce management across nominated locations to identify work standards, priorities and allocation of resources.
* Participate in the development and delivery of a quality assurance framework that supports practice development and robust decision making aimed at delivery of psychological and disability services.
* Manage the provision of high level and clinical advice, support and training to correctional centre and community corrections staff involved in psychological and disability services.
* Contribute to Agency psychological and disability services activities, including maintaining a working professional knowledge of best-practice principles for the management of offenders.
* Contribute to the provision of high-level operational analysis, strategic direction, policy, and management of practices relating to the ongoing management of offenders.
* Participate in high level liaison with external and internal stakeholders.
* Collaborate effectively with other commands and correctional centre management in order to achieve strategic outcomes and to meet operational priorities.
* Maintain a clinical caseload commensurate with Manager responsibilities and/or provide expert advice on the appropriate management of complex/challenging cases.
* Provide expert consultancy and advice on psychology practices to senior psychologists, psychologists and other operational managers.
* Provide clinical supervision, support and mentorship to senior psychologists and other identified staff.
* Act as a central point of contact for operational consultation and liaison with senior management in relation to correctional psychology issues.
* Lead, mentor and influence a multi-disciplinary team's development and training needs while fostering a work environment which delivers a skilled, motivated and productive work team committed to organisational objectives.
* Lead and influence professional development opportunities and strategies for operational staff in the field.
* Manage compliance with corporate governance, budgetary and human resources, workplace health and safety management practices and associated legislative frameworks.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/549197/24
Closing Date: Monday, 25th March 2024
