As part of the Prison Mental Health Service, you’ll use your cultural knowledge and connections in the community to help strengthen culturally responsive mental health care for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients, build trusted connections and support recovery beyond custody.
With a strong multidisciplinary team behind you, this is an opportunity to champion self-determination, improve access to care and help create stronger pathways from custody back into the community.
Not qualified but believe you have what it takes? Don't let that limit you. Read the role description to find out how you could be studying while working in this position!

Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Mental Health Clinicians
Classification HWF3
Workplace Location Rockhampton region
Job ad reference QLD/RK6H690115
Closing date 09-Sep-2026
Yearly salary
Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration Until 19 March 2027
Contact person Rebecca Clifford
Contact details (07) 4920 5656
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About us:

The Prison Mental Health Service is a specialist team within Central Queensland Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (CQMHAODS), delivering mental health care across Capricornia Correctional Centre and Capricornia Correctional Farm. Working with a dynamic population of up to 1,050 male offenders, the service supports people at every stage of their custodial journey - from reception into the correctional system, through transfers between facilities and right through to transition back into the community.

A strong multidisciplinary model brings together a range of clinicians to provide coordinated, person-centred care, with close collaboration alongside the offender health team to support health and wellbeing outcomes.

About the role:

- Provide culturally secure, person-centred mental health support to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients of the Prison Mental Health Service, working collaboratively with the clinical team and key stakeholders across the care continuum.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the community to strengthen culturally responsive care pathways, improve service access, and support community connection and participation.
- Deliver culturally informed education, health promotion,



prevention and early intervention activities for individuals, families and community groups, supporting holistic wellbeing and recovery.
- Support coordinated, recovery-focused care planning, with an emphasis on continuity of care and effective transition support for clients moving from custody back into the community.

About you:

Mandatory qualification/s: Applicants must hold a Certificate IV or Diploma in one of the following:

- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care
- Mental Health
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Mental Health Peer Work

Not qualified but believe you have what it takes? Don't let that limit you. Read the role description to find out how you could be studying while working in this position!
- Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.

What we offer:

Total monthly remuneration value of up to $9,863 p.m. is comprised of:

- An hourly rate between $39.20 - $52.32 p.h.
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits:

- Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
- Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
- Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

- Your current CV or resume, including referees.
- A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
- Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.





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- Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) RK6H690115

Applications close: Wednesday, 9 September 2026

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