Clinician, Child and Adolescent Practice
Core
Provide therapeutic interventions to justice-involved young people with complex needs and serious offending behaviour to reduce harmful behaviours and support life-changing shifts in mindset.
Role type
Forensic clinician (psychology, mental health nursing, social work, or occupational therapy)
Builds
Therapeutic interventions and supportive relationships within youth justice settings (community offices and custodial facilities)
Domain
Youth justice / Forensic mental health
Required skills
Evidence-informed practice, therapeutic intervention delivery, risk assessment, building respectful supportive relationships, collaboration with stakeholders
Preferred skills
Professional membership in AHPRA or AASW, experience working with young people, ability to work within a forensic framework
Technologies
Clinical frameworks, therapeutic models
Responsibilities
Guide young people through life-changing shifts in mindset and behaviour, deliver therapeutic interventions, contribute to team culture and peer support, participate in regular training and development
Seniority
Mid-level, qualified practitioner