• Full Time Permanent Position
• $9k Salary Packaging + $2650 Entertainment & Meals Allowance PA
• Western Plains is evolving the way prisons operate

About the Role

This position is based at Victoria’s newly established Western Plains Correctional Centre, in Lara.

Forensicare provide mental health services in prisons across Victoria. We strive to provide the same standard of services and care to people in prisons that anyone else experiencing mental illness can access at an area mental health service.

We are seeking a passionate and experience Senior Occupational Therapist to join a highly skilled multidisciplinary team in providing assessment and intervention to patients and consumers housed at the correctional centre.

As the Senior Occupational Therapist you will:

• Assess, interpret and intervene to improve occupational performance through identifying individual needs based on functional deficits and strengths, risk assessment and through promoting occupational choices that balance work, leisure and self-care.
• Focus on the development of life roles and skills required by patients for community adaptation and integration, including skill development, self-awareness and maintenance of a responsible attitude to time use, drug use and other behaviours which may lead to re-offending.
• Understand the risks that restrictive environments can have on occupational deprivation, alienation, and subsequent impact on occupational performance.
• Take a leading role within the clinical team on occupational performance issues, functional skill development, and in promoting engagement in meaningful occupations.
• Make a strong discipline specific contribution to the clinical team’s understanding of the consumer and their situation.

About You:

• At least 5 years’ experience as an Occupational Therapist (Preferable)
• Approved degree in Occupational Therapy recognised for membership of Occupational Therapy Australia – Australian Association of Occupational Therapists.
• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA).
• Knowledge and understanding of the OT Australia – Australian Association of Occupational Therapists Code of Conduct and a commitment to working in a manner consistent with the code.

• Highly developed skills in the mental health field, including knowledge and understanding of the needs of mentally ill people; understanding of same in forensic mental health highly desirable

• Demonstrated ability to establish rapport and to work collaboratively, flexibly and responsibly with consumers, their families and carers, members of the multi-disciplinary team and colleagues.

• Solid conceptual understanding of the theories of occupational performance including the Model of Human Occupation and be committed to understanding and improving consumer functioning through formal assessment and treatment using recognised Occupational Therapy models of intervention.

To view the full Position Description, click the following link: Senior Occupational Therapist PD

Benefits:

• A mental health and wellbeing program provided
• Professional Development training opportunities to suit your career goal
• Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
• Fitness passport – discounted unparalleled access to a wide range of gyms, pools and fitness centres
• Refer a friend program, get up to a $1000
• Salary sacrificing of $9,010 and $2650 meal allowance per annum
• Social Club, access to discounted cinema tickets, AFL games, Zoos, Concerts etc
• Comprehensive Orientation Day before you start, and buddy system available

Eligibility

• Influenza and Immunisation Evidence
• This position is subject to a Police Check

To Apply

Applications must include a current resume and a detailed cover letter outlining your interest in the position.
Applications will be assessed upon receipt.

For queries please contact Georgina Ormiston via [email protected]

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 RESPECT, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.