Extensive investment in facilities and people supporting our significant service expansion

Full Time Ongoing

Based at Ravenhall Correctional Centre

A culture where people care

A career in the forensic mental health sector is diverse, challenging and rewarding. A career at Forensicare will be like no other. If you’re passionate about supporting people in their mental health recovery, Forensicare is where you need to be. You will be a part of a caring and supportive team, making a real difference to people living with the dual stigma of mental illness and offending. We approach our work with curiosity and a commitment to understanding the unique needs of our consumers and carers. Working across community, hospital and prison settings, you can learn, apply your specialist skills and advance in your profession. Together, we can contribute to a more connected, compassionate mental health and criminal justice system.

Job location

Forensicare provides specialist forensic mental health services across 12 of Victoria’s 14 prisons with expansion underway to include Western Plains in the Barwon region. This position based at Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne's west, provides 75 prison-based custodial mental health beds as well as assessments and outpatient services provided in maximum-security forensic mental health complex within the medium-security prison.

About the Role:

Forensicare’s First Peoples Wellbeing Worker along with the multidisciplinary team aims to improve the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of First Nations consumers through effective engagement, support and linkage within the custodial environment and into the community. The position works closely with members of the prison Directorate and senior management to ensure the provision of high quality and culturally sensitive health for First Nations Consumers in custodial settings. The opportunity to work with other Forensicare First People’s staff (across clinical settings and policy roles) will be promoted and made possible, enabling a contribution at both the prisons directorate and whole organisational level.

Duties:

• Demonstrate a commitment to person-centred, recovery-oriented care delivery and ensure all elements of delegated work are completed to a high standard.

• Support clinicians to undertake a culturally appropriate SEWB assessment and provide cultural support as required for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers admitted to a custodial unit at Ravenhall Correctional Centre, where specialist mental health treatment is provided

• Support service-wide initiatives to enhance consumer and family connections to country and kinship.

• Encourage access to cultural and traditional healing methods for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers at or awaiting transfer to the hospital.

About You:

• Demonstrated experience in supporting First Nations consumers through engaging connections with clinical staff and supporting delivery of care via the lens of a Social and Emotional Framework.

• The incumbents of this position must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

(This action constitutes a special measure under section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (VIC).

• Demonstrated commitment to Mental Health Recovery principles and improving social and emotional wellbeing outcomes for First people and communities.

• Demonstrated organisational, communication, liaison and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with a range of people and work effectively within cross cultural teams.

• Demonstrates high level of Emotional intelligence

To access a detailed position description, please click Prisons - Ravenhall - First Peoples Wellbeing Worker.pdf.

*Please Note - Applications will be reviewed and interviewed as they are received.

ONLY INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AS THESE POSITIONS ARE EXEMPT UNDER THE SPECIAL MEASURES PROVISION, SECTION 12(1) OF THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 (VIC)

A culture where people matter.

Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members.

Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams.

Salary Packaging Options available – Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses

International Candidates – Sponsorship availability, Permanent (186) or Temporary (482) and potential for up to $10,000 Relocation support to approved applicants.

A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.

Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.

Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.

A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological, peer support and critical incidence response programs.

For more information on Careers at Forensicare, visit https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/careers

Eligibility

Influenza and Immunisation Evidence

This position is subject to a Police Check

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 our guiding principles of curiosity, purpose, strong ethics, compassion...