• Extensive investment in facilities and people supporting our significant service expansion
• A culture where people care
• Salary $60,866 (PSW1) to $65,868 (PSW1-5)

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

Geelong

Be part of a growing regional Forensic Mental Health support team working in the Geelong and Warrnambool area

About the Role:

• Work collaboratively within a Forensic Mental Health Team supporting people in their communities.
• Work within an ever expanding Lived Experience Team

Duties:

• Mentor recovery using your own lived experience
• Ensure best practice and human centred approach amongst the supporting teams.
• Ensure consumer is at the centre of their supports

About You:

• Have a lived experience of the Mental Health and or Criminal justice systems as a consumer or carer
• Demonstrated commitment to Mental Heatlh recovery
• Have the ability to work as part of a diverse team
• Knowledge and understanding of the experiences of consumers in a Forensic Mental Health setting.

What you need:

• A personal lived experience of being a mental health consumer or carer of a mental health consumer?

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
• 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 well being program, for personal or work-related matters.
• A mental health and well being 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

*Please Note – Applications will be reviewed and Interviewed as they are received.

Eligibility

• COVID19 (x3), Influenza and Immunisation requirements specific to position Infection Control requirements
• This position is subject to a satisfactory 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 and fairness; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.

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