About the Role

In your position as a Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing psychological services to Clarence Correctional Centre that support successful inmate rehabilitation in line with Serco’s key operating principles.

About You

You are an experienced counsellor, with proven experience ideally working across complex mental health or behavioural issues. You are a clinical professional who is committed to the wellbeing of inmates and all associations within the correctional Centre. You have a proven ability to work effectively and proactively in a team environment and enjoy working collaboratively with others to achieve the goals and objectives of the Centre. You understand the importance of creating and maintaining a culturally sensitive environment including respecting the diversity of inmates, staff and other stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Minimum four-year accredited qualification in psychology with current provisional or
• full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
• Ability to obtain Certificate IV in Correctional Practice-Case Management within the first 12 months of employment
• Ideally experience working in a Correctional environment delivering the suit of EQUIPS, Real Understanding of Self Help, and Out of the Dark programs (not essential)
• Experience in assessment and treatment in psychology including mental health issues, cognitive impairment and with respect to behaviour management
• Experience in advisory and consultation
• Knowledge and understanding of contemporary correctional concepts, principles and
• practices relevant to psychology assessment and treatments
• Knowledge and ability with regards to criminogenic risk assessments, including risks
• related to sex and violent offending and associated interventions
• Knowledge and understanding of the psychologist’s ethical and legal obligations and
• professional accountability
• Cultural awareness including understanding the impact and management of different
• ethnic backgrounds, customs and contemporary issues
• Ability to perform clinical diagnoses and provide expert advice to relevant stakeholders
• Ability to effectively communicate in both oral and written forms
• Ability to negotiate and resolve conflict
• Thorough report writing ability
• Ability to deliver effective and engaging programs
• The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour

This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes a national police check as an essential selection component for this role.

Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application.

About Clarence Correctional Centre

Opened in mid-2020, this 1,700-bed state-of-the-art facility is the largest correctional Centre in Australia. Located on the beautiful NSW Mid-North Coast approx. 6 hours’ drive from Sydney and 3.5 hours from Brisbane our region offers rainforests, epic headlands, sand dunes and some of the best Australian beaches with a variety of multi-cultural cafes, restaurants and friendly community towns.

What We Offer

• Uniform Provided
• Car Parking on site
• Work-life balance
• Access to EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Internal employee benefits
• Supportive team & management

Serco and Proud

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone also has an important role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 60,000+ globally and 16,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management and citizen services.

To learn more please visit www.serco.com/aspac [link removed]

Join Us

If you are inspired to make a positive different and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply now.

Serco’s values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day. 

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.