Job Description

Senior Psychologist/Senior Specialist Psychologist

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Wellington & Macquarie Correctional Centres

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Correctives Services NSW

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Location: Wellington Correctional Centres

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Employment type: Ongoing Opportunity – Full time or part time job share arrangement available

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Salary

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- Senior Psychologist - $124,771 to $135,527 pa
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- Senior Specialist Psychologist - $146,281 - $154,889 pa
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- Plus environmental allowance, employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
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Step Into Leadership – Make a Real Impact in a Regional Setting That Values You

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Your role

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Join the psychology team at Wellington Correctional Centre, where you'll provide clinical leadership, influence rehabilitation outcomes and support the delivery of high-quality psychological services for people in custody. Working with diverse and complex presentations, you'll mentor and develop psychologists, contribute to evidence-based practice and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support safer communities.

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This is more than a leadership role—it's an opportunity to expand your influence, build specialist expertise and make a lasting impact on rehabilitation, recovery and community safety.

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Learn more: Working with Corrective Services as a Psychologist

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Why Wellington?

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Advance your leadership career at Wellington Correctional Centre, where you'll provide clinical leadership, mentor psychologists and influence rehabilitation outcomes. Based at Wellington Correctional Centre, working with complex presentations and a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you'll help shape best-practice psychological services and contribute to safer communities.

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Located in the heart of Western NSW, Wellington offers a relaxed regional lifestyle with Dubbo just 50km away, providing access to excellent schools, childcare, sporting facilities, entertainment, dining and transport connections.

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Find out more about living and working in Dubbo at https://dubbo.com.au/live.

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What You'll Do

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Every day,



you'll provide clinical leadership that supports rehabilitation and contributes to safer communities. You'll lead high-quality psychological services, oversee complex assessments and interventions, and provide expert advice on high-risk and complex cases.

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As a Senior Psychologist, you'll mentor and supervise psychologists, build workforce capability and promote evidence-based practice.

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As a Senior Specialist Psychologist, you'll provide advanced clinical consultation, contribute to clinical governance and lead service improvement initiatives.

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This is more than a leadership role—it's an opportunity to influence practice, develop others and make a lasting impact on rehabilitation and community safety.

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What We're Looking For

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You're an experienced psychologist who is passionate about supporting positive change and rehabilitation outcomes. You bring strong clinical expertise, sound judgement and the ability to navigate complex presentations with confidence.

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You thrive in collaborative environments, build trusted stakeholder relationships, and are committed to evidence-based practice, clinical excellence and developing others.

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Whether your experience comes from forensic, correctional, clinical or related settings, you're resilient, adaptable and motivated by meaningful work that contributes to safer communities.

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Senior Specialist Psychologist Grade Applicants

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For approved application to Senior Specialist Psychologist, applicants must demonstrate evidence of all additional characteristics as defined in the Crown Employees Psychologist Award.

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Download the role description

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Why join Corrective Services?

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- Work-Life Balance – Enjoy a 35-hour working week,



flexible work arrangements, generous leave entitlements and the security of permanent NSW Government employment.
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- Grow Your Career – Access explicit pathways to Senior and Specialist Psychologist roles, supported by clinical supervision, CPD & specialist training.
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- Build Specialist Expertise – Develop sought-after skills in forensic and correctional psychology through diverse and complex clinical work.
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- Join a Supportive Team – Work alongside experienced multidisciplinary professionals in a culture that values learning, collaboration and innovation.
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- Make a Real Difference – Contribute to rehabilitation, recovery and safer communities while accessing wellbeing programs and employee support services.
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Applications close 16/10/2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

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Got a question?

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For Role-specific Questions
n Erin Morrison on 68455728 or via [email protected]

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For Application Assistance Or Recruitment Adjustments
n Divya Soni on 02 9765 1987 or via [email protected]

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Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

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Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

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We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

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To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

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Other Information

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A Talent Pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months. Priority will be given to filling the role at Wellington & Macquarie Correctional Centres.

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For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

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Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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