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About the role: The Administration Officer is responsible for delivering high quality and efficient administrative support to all Community Forensic Mental Health programs. Led by the Service Coordinator, the role liaises with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure efficient and client focussed administrative supports are delivered.
Skills and experience:
How to apply: For more information about the role contact Frances Delidis, Office Manager on (03) 9947 2500.
Submit a CV and Cover Letter outlining your interest and suitability for the role.
Closing date for applications: 11.45pm Thursday 29 October 2020.
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. This position is located at the Community Forensic Mental Health Service (CFMHS) in Clifton Hill, 15 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD. CFMHS is a specialist state-wide agency that works with individuals who have a serious mental health illness and have offended or are at risk of offending.
About the role: The Senior Clinical Liaison Officer will assist in the coordination of clinical services to Non-Custodial Supervision Order (NCSO) clients under the provisions of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act. Clinicians working in the program provide supervision, liaison, advanced risk assessment, education and clinical consultation to area mental health services to assist with the management of clients on these orders. Forensicare has a formal statewide supervisory role in ensuring compliance with the Court ordered conditions.
This position will provide a high standard of service to Area Mental Health Services and other treating clinicians working with this client group through primary and secondary consultation and liaison.
About you: You are a nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, or psychologist with experience in mental health services post registration/qualification. You have the capacity to undertake comprehensive psychiatric, psychosocial and risk assessments and to plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions. You are a skilled relationship builder with the ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with clients, carers, family members, members of the general community and other professionals.
Mandatory qualifications & registrations:
Nursing
Psychology
Occupational Therapy
Social Work
This position is subject to a Police Check.
Benefits:
We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:
Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Forensicare promotes the following values: responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.
About the role:
The position is focused on provision of pre-sentence psychological reports to the Magistrates, County and Supreme Courts. The successful applicant will also play a role in the training and supervision of other psychology staff and students undertaking such assessments. The position involves some travel to metropolitan prisons to see clients for assessment.
Duties:
About you:
Forensic mental health is a specialist area within the mental health service system. The services provided by Forensicare address the needs of offenders experiencing mental health issues, the mental health sector, the justice sector and the general community. The Mobile Forensic Mental Health Service (MobileFMHS) is a multidisciplinary team that provides specialist mental health assessment and treatment services to prisoners. This position is based at the Metropolitan Remand Centre
This role provides core areas of social work service provision for clients in a custodial setting with complex needs
The social worker will employ their knowledge and skills to engage families and carers in patient care when appropriate, network with internal and external key stakeholders, and use short term interventions for patients in the prison setting.
Additionally, a focus on organising case conferences for complex patients to assist with all services involved to collaborate and work together for optimal outcomes.
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital, located in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD. Thomas Embling Hospital is a 136 bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care services.
As a progressive leader in Forensic Mental Health Services, Forensicare are now offering multiple direct entry positions into our Post Graduate Nurse Program for general Division 1 Registered Nurses wanting to transition from general medical nursing into mental health nursing. The direct entry into the Post Graduate program aims to enhance the clinical and professional confidence and competency of the Registered Nurse in a supportive environment, which fosters continues learning, professional responsibilities and independence in the mental health clinical field.
To facilitate the development of Direct Entry Post Graduates into competent, knowledgeable and responsible mental health nurses, all Direct Entry Post Graduates will be enrolled into the first year of a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing on a part time basis, completing the diploma the following year, dependant upon successful completion of academic and clinical program requirements in the first year.
Direct Entry Post Graduates will work rostered shifts, including nights. The program will include two rotations within the various units at Thomas Embling, mentorship and regular education sessions.
Applicants must be available for interview between Monday the 16th November and Friday 27th November 2020. Successful applicants will commence employment on Monday the 11th of January 2021. Successful applicants will be required to study part time and will incur all costs.
Forensicare (the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health) is the leading provider of forensic mental health services across Victoria. We deliver recovery-focused programs to consumers with serious mental illnesses across the Victorian justice system, mental health sector, and the community--from early intervention and prevention, to inpatient care, rehabilitation, and community transition support.
Our services are delivered through:
We also work in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology through the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science to deliver a forensic mental health research program, specialist training, and ongoing professional education.
Thomas Embling Hospital is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Forensicare is situated at five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital, located in Fairfield, just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD. Thomas Embling Hospital is a 136 bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care to adults with complex mental health and offending issues.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the psychologist provides psychological assessment, intervention, and expertise to an inpatient unit for adult service users presenting with complex and enduring mental health issues as well as offending issues. The psychologist plays a key role in risk assessment, but may also be directed to complete court ordered psychological assessments, or be involved in scholarly writing and research.
Key duties*:
* For further details relating to duties associated with this role please refer to the Position Description.
The Forensicare Serious Offender Consultation Service supports Corrections Victoria through providing high level clinical and risk assessment of Serious Violent and/or Sexual Offenders on parole, community corrections orders and/or post-sentence supervision orders, with acute or serious enduring serious mental illness and complex needs; who present a high risk of further serious violent and/or sexual offending in the community. The Senior Clinician will provide expert consultancy and coordination of services state wide, across both justice and health networks of offenders with complex needs.
Ravenhall Correctional Centre
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Completed in 2017, the new medium-security men's prison is located in Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne's west, providing world-class forensic mental health services in Victoria in a purpose-built state of the art facility developed to international best practice standards.
Port Phillip Prison
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria, including specialist Forensic Mental Health (FMH) Services at Port Phillip Prison in St Paul's Unit. St Paul’s Unit is a 30-bed psychosocial rehabilitation service that provides specialist, voluntary mental health care, treatment and therapeutic programs to prisoners with a diagnosed mental illness. Participants selected for the program require psychosocial rehabilitation to minimise risk of relapse and enhance their social functioning in preparation for returning to general prison environment or release to community.
The Family & Carer Peer Worker draws upon their lived experience to encourage an environment of sharing and support founded on the principles of respect, shared responsibility and mutual agreement of what is helpful to identify and meet the needs of each family/carer.
The position will provide education and information on family/carer experiences, needs and support to mental health staff, community groups and other relevant services as required and upholds the dignity and rights of families, carers and consumers while respecting privacy and confidentiality at all times.
The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to plan, implement, evaluate and document Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment, and undertake required duties as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Complete and facilitate Occupational Therapy specific assessments and interventions as well as group activities designed to develop/maintain opportunities for engagement in meaningful occupations, skill development and to support the therapeutic milieu of the environment.
The Community Integration (CIP) program provides identified patients with a serious mental illness leaving Ravenhall Correctional Centre with short-term mental health support, and assistance in linking with external services. The focus is on re-connecting the patient with their local Area Mental Health Service (AMHS). The CIP Clinician role focuses on ensuring the identified patients receive appropriate mental health care upon their release, and are appropriately linked with other supports such as AMHS, NGOs, primary health providers and other relevant community support services. The CIP Clinician works collaboratively with GEO Custodial Case Managers and Transition and Reintegration and Correct Care Australasia staff in developing discharge/release plans for identified patients.
Forensicare values a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital, located in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD. Thomas Embling Hospital is a 136 bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care.
About the role: To meet the needs of our busy acute, sub-acute and rehabilitation services, we are seeking passionate and patient-care orientated Registered Psychiatric Nurses with recent experience to join our team.
You will deliver exceptional care within a high-security forensic hospital, practicing within a Recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide care that is consistent with the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, social, forensic and cultural needs of the patient.
We’re seeking candidates who:
Mandatory qualifications and Registrations:
Forensicare promotes the following values: responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.
The Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) works closely with the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) to lead and coordinate the nursing team.
We are seeking applicants who have experience and knowledge in contemporary forensic mental health nursing practices and relevant legislation. You are passionate and patient-care orientated with well-developed communication skills and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with staff and other key stakeholders.
This is an excellent opportunity for Registered Psychiatric Nurses with an interest in management and service development to step into a leadership position.
An exciting opportunity to join Forensicare's nursing team within our Prison Services!
Forensicare's Prison Mental Health Services are currently comprised of the following services provided under a Funding and Healthcare Services Agreement with Justice Health:
This position works with a multidisciplinary team to provide care and facilitate recovery through the use of evidence-based treatment approaches and participation in the delivery of therapeutic programs.
This position is subject to a Police Check. A Working With Children Check is a condition of employment to work at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.
About the role: To meet the needs of our busy acute, sub-acute and rehabilitation services, we are seeking to build our Casual Bank resource. We are seeking passionate, flexible and patient-care orientated Registered Psychiatric Nurses with recent experience to join our team.
This exciting opportunity will see you work across various units as an active member of our Casual Bank. You will deliver exceptional care within a high-security forensic hospital, practicing within a Recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care.
Employee Benefits: We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:
All Psychiatric Enrolled Nurse Level 2 (PEN2) staff are advised of the opportunity to progress to the level of Psychiatric Enrolled Nurse Level 3 (PEN3).
This classification has been designed to recognise the development of advanced clinical knowledge and clinical practice at a higher level than normally expected at Level 2.
The opportunity to apply for this advanced position is open ended.
How to apply:
Potential applicants must read the Criteria information sheet attached as well as discuss the position with their Unit Manager before submitting an application. The Clinical Nurse Educator will convene a panel to consider applications. Submit a CV and Cover Letter outlining your interest and suitability for the position.
The Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 2 delivers care within a custodial setting, practicing within a recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care.
Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA)
All Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade-2 staff are advised of the opportunity to progress to the level of Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCNS)
This classification has been designed to recognise the development of advanced clinical knowledge and clinical practice at a higher level than normally expected at the Grade-2 level.
Potential applicants must read the information sheet and application pack (refer to the attachments) as well as discuss the position with their Unit Manager before submitting an application.
The application form which is contained within the application pack must be completed and submitted as an attachment.
The Clinical Nurse Educator will convene a panel to consider applications.