AddressSenior Psychologist/Senior Specialist Psychologist
Albury Community Corrections
Corrective Services NSW
Location: Albury Community Corrections Office
Salary: $116,478 to $144,594 plus Employer’s contribution to Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading
Position Type: Ongoing and Temporary opportunities available - Part Time
Join us in Albury and make a real impact with Corrective Services NSW as a Senior Psychologist/Senior Specialist Psychologist. Embrace the vibrant regional lifestyle while helping reintegrate and rehabilitate individuals on community orders. With scenic surroundings and a positive team culture, Albury Community Corrections awaits your expertise. Apply now!
What you’ll do
This role would suit an experienced psychologist who enjoys using expert psychology skills in a multidisciplinary team while living in a vibrant regional city. Your tasks will include:
- Delivering assessments and interventions to people who offend.
- Providing expert consultation to staff regarding offender mental health and risk management (including sexual and violent offender assessment).
- Maintaining concise documents and notes on offenders receiving psychological services and programs.
- Preparing reports, advice, and consultation to courts as directed.
- Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Attending supervision, professional development, and networking opportunities.
- Completing administrative tasks.
What we’re looking for
We're seeking candidates with a minimum of four years' accredited qualification in psychology and current provisional or full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. A current driver's license and willingness to travel throughout NSW are essential.
Download the role description here.
If you are seeking Senior Specialist Psychologist pay scale, you must demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria in the Crown Psychologist Award.
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What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.
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Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 3 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
- Using examples, describe your experience in providing supervision of psychological practice.
- Using examples, describe your experience in providing psychological assessment and intervention for complex case clients in a forensic or clinical setting.
Your cover letter (maximum of 3 pages) detailing how your meet the capabilities in the senior psychologist / senior Specialist Psychologist role description and the senior psychologist or senior Specialist Psychologist criteria in the Award.
Applications close 23 June 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Sally-Anne Costigan, Manager Albury Community Corrections, ***************@dcj.nsw.gov.au or Georgina Spilsbury – Chief Psychologist, ***************@dcj.nsw.gov.au
If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Erica Tam, *********@dcj.nsw.gov.au or 0428 944 ***
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Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
Other Information
A talent pool specifically for the three locations may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months .
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