About You

You will be a qualified and experienced Psychologist OR Social Worker ready to work with a broad range of prisoners as part of the Psychological Health Service department at Acacia. Your caring nature and commitment to prisoner rehabilitation will see you excel at completing risk assessments, providing individual therapeutic counselling, and completing defendable documentation.

About the Role

This is a permanent position with flexible working hours located at Acacia Prison in Wooroloo.

Salary – $106,573.91

In this role you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary care team to provide conduct risk assessments, individual therapeutic counselling to prisoners and facilitate group-based interventions. You will be required to prepare case formulation of presenting psychological and/or behavioural issues, including assessing persons at risk of suicide and/or self-harm. Your accurate reporting skills will see you providing defendable documentation relating to prisoners’ progress.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour
• Psychologist: Degree in Psychology AND fully registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Association (AHPRA)
• Social Worker: Degree in Social Work; AND eligibility for registration with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Demonstrated experience in delivering individual counselling, ideally within a correctional, welfare or other institutional setting
• Solid understanding of evidence-based practices in the assessment and intervention of different psychological and behavioural presentations
• Knowledge of the social and clinical variables associated with major offense categories
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the provision of psychological services and programs

Working in the Psychological Health Services team at Acacia prison offers many benefits, including

• Provision of Uniform
• Buffet style lunch provided
• Free onsite parking
• Flexible start and finish time
• Professional development budget
• Paid professional registration
• Paid CPD leave
• Paid volunteer leave
• Variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits program including discounts with retailers, Cinemas and more!
• Plus, ongoing 24/7 immediate mental health and counselling support via our Employee Assistant Program (EAP)

This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes national police check and Department of Justice Clearance 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.

Contact information:

Rebecca Lawton | Talent Acquisition Consultant | [email protected] | 08 8432 2547

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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.

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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.

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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 Māori and Pasifika, 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.