Lead with purpose. Shape better outcomes. Make a lasting difference.

Step into a senior role where your clinical judgement will be valued, your leadership will shape frontline practice, and your work will support safer, more sustainable pathways from custody to community.

Salary up to $135,290 Plus Superannuation and Relocation Considered

About The GEO Group Australia

Our redesigned services brings specialist expertise closer to the frontline, strengthens support from custody to community and creates clearer pathways for professional growth. It is more connected, more responsive and built to achieve stronger outcomes for people with diverse and complex needs.

Bring your expertise, ideas and commitment to change. Join a collaborative evidence-based team shaping the future of rehabilitation and reintegration at Ravenhall Correctional Centre where your work changes lives, strengthens communities and makes a difference every single day.

About Ravenhall Correctional Centre

Ravenhall is a 1,300-bed medium-security prison for adult sentenced and remand men. Its contemporary campus-style design reflects four accommodation communities with varying profiles. Community accommodation is complemented by a further 75-bed Forensic Mental Health Unit, a 25-bed unit for prisoners with significant challenging behaviours, and a 25-bed Mission Unit designed to respond intensively and therapeutically to current community issues.

In recognition of the importance of the Continuum of Care, Ravenhall extends its presence into the community by providing ex-prisoners with access to post-release support at GEO’s Community Reintegration Centre.





Ravenhall’s emphasis on offender rehabilitation and reintegration is supported by a significantly resourced team of clinicians who work in partnership with a number of Victoria’s most respected organisations, including Forensicare, YMCA and Kangan Institute. Working collaboratively, Ravenhall seeks to bring about lasting positive change in the lives of prisoners before and after release, with the ultimate aim of reducing reoffending.

Why this role stands out

- Shape the future of the service: influence clinical practice, governance and service improvement during an important period of redesign.
- Lead where your expertise matters: guide multidisciplinary teams and provide trusted advice on complex behavioural and psychological risk.
- Create impact beyond the unit: strengthen continuity of care and support better outcomes from custody through to community reintegration.
- Grow people and practice: mentor clinicians, build team capability and contribute to clearer professional development pathways.

About The Opportunity

As Principal Clinical Lead, you will provide strategic clinical and operational leadership across the 25-bed Glenhope Close Supervision Unit (CSU) and Forbes Management Unit. The CSU supports prisoners with complex or significant behavioural needs associated with disability, acquired brain injury, mental illness or neurodevelopmental conditions. The Management Unit supports prisoners separated for risk, behavioural or protective reasons.





You will lead embedded unit-based staff, strengthen clinical governance and service coverage, and provide trusted advice on complex behavioural and psychological risk. Working alongside Principal Clinicians and the Principal Clinician, Service Improvement and Outreach Support, you will help deliver coordinated in-reach services and maintain continuity at GEO’s Community Reintegration Centre when required.

What you will lead:

- Lead, supervise and develop clinical and behaviour support staff through clear expectations, thoughtful workload management, reflective practice, mentoring and targeted development.
- Strengthen clinical governance by auditing, reviewing and endorsing assessments, Behaviour Support Plans, Individual Intervention Plans and clinical records.
- Ensure plans are evidence-based, risk-responsive and aligned with professional, legislative, human rights and departmental requirements, including scheduled and post-incident reviews.
- Provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention, planning and reporting for a limited caseload when required.
- Advise on complex clinical and behavioural risk, placement, regimes and behaviour management, modelling trauma-informed practice and Positive Behaviour Support.
- Lead multidisciplinary case, serious incident and critical event reviews, translating insights into practical service and system improvements.
- Build robust partnerships with custodial leaders, executives, clinicians, disability providers, and forensic and mental health services.
- Coordinate transitions across the CSU, Management Unit, general population and external services to maintain continuity of care.
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📌 Clinical Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 The Geo Group Australia
📍 Melbourne