Clinical Manager – Offender Programs

Acacia Prison | Wooroloo, WA

Relocate to Perth and Make Your Leadership Count

Considering a move to Perth? We can help make it happen.

Join Acacia Prison in Wooroloo as our Clinical Manager – Offender Programs and take the next step in your career while enjoying the lifestyle that comes with living in Perth and the surrounding regions.

We’re offering an $8,000 relocation package to support the right candidate moving to WA for the role.

This is more than a leadership position. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team delivering programs that challenge thinking, encourage positive change and support people to make better choices — ultimately contributing to safer communities.

If you’re an experienced Psychology or Social Work leader looking for a role where your clinical expertise, leadership and ideas can make a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Why relocate to Perth?

Acacia Prison is located in Wooroloo, approximately 55 km east of Perth, giving you the opportunity to work outside the CBD while still being within easy reach of the city.

The prison is around a 30-minute drive from Midland, making it accessible from Perth’s eastern suburbs and surrounding areas.

Whether you’re looking for a change of pace, a new career challenge or the opportunity to make a fresh start in WA, this could be the move you’ve been looking for.

Where you’ll make an impact

As Clinical Manager – Offender Programs, you’ll provide strategic and clinical leadership across Acacia’s Programs team, working with Psychologists, Social Workers and Program Facilitators.

You’ll be responsible for:

- Leading, mentoring and developing a multidisciplinary clinical team

- Overseeing the delivery of structured, evidence-based rehabilitation programs





- Providing clinical supervision and supporting high standards of practice

- Using treatment needs analysis to shape effective program delivery

- Driving innovation, continuous improvement and best-practice approaches

- Managing team performance against contractual and clinical outcomes

- Building strong relationships across the prison and with external stakeholders

- Contributing to initiatives that support reducing reoffending and through-care

You’ll have the opportunity to influence not only how programs are delivered, but how the broader rehabilitation strategy continues to evolve.

This is leadership with purpose

Acacia’s Programs Department delivers offence-specific interventions targeting areas including violence and addiction. Programs are designed to encourage, challenge and empower participants to make positive and pro-social choices.

As Clinical Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing that vision to life — balancing clinical excellence, people leadership, operational requirements and the needs of a complex prisoner population.

You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to Acacia’s Through Care Model, Drug Strategy Committee and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Committee, working collaboratively across the wider Reducing Reoffending team.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for an experienced clinical leader who is confident working in complex environments and passionate about creating meaningful change.

You’ll need:





- A degree in Social Work with full AASW membership

- Experience leading a multidisciplinary team delivering psychological services or programs

- Experience providing clinical supervision to Psychologists and Social Workers

- Strong understanding of structured cognitive behavioural approaches

- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and people leadership skills

- A strong understanding of the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model and Positive Lives Model (GLM) approach to offender rehabilitation

Experience working in corrections, welfare or another institutional setting will be highly regarded.

Experience working with young adult offenders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and other at-risk groups is also highly valued.

AHPRA Board Approved Supervisor status for Psychologists is desirable and highly regarded.

Why Serco?

At Serco, you’ll be part of a team working in an environment where rehabilitation, safety and positive change are at the heart of what we do.

This is a chance to bring your leadership experience into a role where you can:

- Develop and lead a multidisciplinary team

- Influence clinical practice and rehabilitation outcomes

- Challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement

- Make a meaningful contribution to reducing reoffending

- Build your career with a global organisation

- Relocate to WA with $8,000 relocation support

Ready for your next move?

Thinking about relocating to Perth? Let’s have a conversation.

If you have any questions or would like a confidential chat about the role or relocation support, please contact:

Nikki White – Talent Acquisition Business Partner
? +61 ••• ••• 352
? [email protected]

Impact a better future at Serco. Apply now.

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