Help justice-involved young people turn their lives around.
Enjoy challenging, meaningful clinical work in a safe and supported team.
Grow your skills with ongoing training and supervision.
Recruiting now to our Cherry Creek and Parkville Youth Justice Precincts.
Do you want to do meaningful clinical work with young people?
At Statewide Rehabilitation Services (SRS), your skills will be backed by a team that values your professional judgement, supports your development and gives you room to do the work properly.
Across our community offices and custodial facilities, our team gives young people involved in the justice system the consistent clinical care they need to rebuild their lives.
Using evidence-informed practice, you will guide the young people through life-changing shifts in mindset, behaviour and self-belief.
You will empower them to make positive choices, and learn new skills to reduce harmful behaviours.
It's complex and challenging work.
But it's work that makes a real difference both to young people's futures and to our state's safety.
You will:
Work within a forensic framework with young people who engage in serious offending behaviour and may present as a moderate to high risk of reoffending.
Use your skills and judgement to deliver therapeutic interventions for young people with complex needs and build respectful, supportive relationships.
Contribute to a strong team culture where peer support and collaboration with other stakeholders are central to success.
Take part in regular training and development, with one day each month dedicated to your learning.
What you will get
Our clinicians will tell you that the work here is its own reward.




This is a unique opportunity to provide continued support to young people, working across a variety of youth justice settings.
However, there are also many other benefits of a clinical career in youth justice, including:a comprehensiveclinical inductionopportunities forprofessional developmentwith one day a month dedicated to trainingsponsorshipof your professional membershipsuch as AHPRA or AASWongoing support, with both informal and formal clinical and operationalsupervisionflexible work options as well as arelocation allowance up to $10Kfor eligible candidates
About you
We recruit qualified practitioners with professional membership or general registration in:psychologymental health nursingsocial workoccupational therapy.
For more information on the skills we look for in new clinicians, please read the position description document attached.
If you have any further questions about the role, please contact Melissa Hart via ******
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply and contact ****** if they would like cultural support and guidance through the application process.
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality.
Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon.
We aim to foster a culturally safe, child protected and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.
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📌 Clinician, Child And Adolescent Practice (Victoria)
🏢 Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria
📍 Victoria