About This Role

• Enjoy world-class training and wellbeing support.
• Flexible home and on-site working arrangements
• Earn $142,790 - $191,084 (VPS6) per year plus super.

About This Role

• Enjoy world-class training and wellbeing support.
• Flexible home and on-site working arrangements
• Earn $142,790 - $191,084 (VPS6) per year plus super.
• 1 ongoing role available

FIS provides evidence-based screening, assessment and intervention services for individuals in custody and the community. We focus on areas such as violent and sexual offending, restorative justice, violent extremism and family violence.

As part of the Service Development Branch, you will lead complex clinical service development projects and provide expert clinical and project leadership to support reform, promote consistency, and enhance the quality of service delivery across Forensic Intervention Services.

The role applies advanced clinical expertise together with strong project management capability to identify service improvement opportunities, lead implementation of change, and provide authoritative advice on practice, policy and operational matters.

This is the perfect opportunity if you're looking to expand your expertise, enjoy a more dynamic role or leave a lasting influence in a progressive field.

Empower people and elevate your career - join Forensic Intervention Services. In Addition To Compelling Work, We Offer

• flexible work options
• mental health and wellbeing support
• annual leadership forums and conferences
• professional registration funding
• relocation allowances for eligible candidates

What You'll Do

As the Senior Clinical Project Lead working in the Service Development team, you will:

• Lead and manage complex clinical service development projects and reform initiatives that support the effective, consistent and evidence-based delivery of Forensic Intervention Services across Victoria.
• Drive service improvement, practice integrity and reform through strong project leadership, stakeholder engagement and a sustained clinical lens.
• Provide high-level authoritative clinical advice and guidance on complex clinical and operational issues, and identify practical solutions to improve service quality, practice integrity and service delivery outcomes.
• Lead, support and mentor a small team, while contributing to broader branch and divisional priorities and reform initiatives.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have

• Demonstrated experience leading and managing complex projects, service development initiatives or reform activities within clinical, forensic or correctional settings.
• Highly developed clinical knowledge and experience working with high-risk and complex clients, including assessment, risk management, therapeutic intervention and the application of evidence-based rehabilitation frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to provide high-level clinical and operational advice, prepare complex written materials, and engage, influence and work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting, mentoring or supervising staff.

Qualifications

• Registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia; or
• Eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW); or
• A master's degree in psychotherapy and eligible for registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); or
• A master's degree in counselling and eligible for membership with Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); or
• Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses; or
• Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
• At least two years clinical experience is required post-registration or membership.
• Specialist training and/or postgraduate qualifications in a clinical or forensic field, is desirable.
• A current Victorian Driver's licence is required.

To learn more about the type of skills you will need to thrive in this role, please read the attached position description.

To find out more about the role and FIS, watch our career information video, visit our microsite or contact our recruitment team at .

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce - we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural background. We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector.

We're proud of our individual differences. We're proud of the many languages we speak and the stories we can share with each other. We hope you will share your story too.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working towards increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) workforce. The Aboriginal Employment Team aims to attract, recruit and retain Aboriginal staff across all our roles. This support includes a culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment process. To learn more, email

Applications close 22 September 2026.

Important Information 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 safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

About This Role

• Provide strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based offence-specific interventions.
• Influence service delivery, innovation and quality improvement across Forensic Intervention Services.
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements and world-class professional development opportunities.
• 1 ongoing VPS6 opportunity available.
• Melbourne CBD, with travel across Victoria required.

Lead a specialist clinical service and drive best-practice forensic interventions across Victoria.

Forensic Intervention Services (FIS) is a specialist program area within Corrections Victoria that delivers evidence-based screening, assessment and intervention services to support rehabilitation and contribute to community safety. FIS plays a critical role in reducing reoffending and enabling meaningful behaviour change for people in custody and the community.

We're seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to manage Complex Interventions, a specialist clinical service area delivering interventions to people with complex needs. This is a unique opportunity to lead a highly skilled workforce, drive service excellence and contribute to innovative approaches that improve rehabilitation outcomes across Victoria.

What You'll Do

• Lead all operational, clinical and business service aspects of the Complex Interventions service area.
• Manage, support and develop a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and support staff.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and ensure services align with best-practice standards and evidence-based approaches.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders across Corrections Victoria and the justice sector.
• Provide expert strategic advice on offender rehabilitation, forensic interventions and emerging service delivery issues.
• Oversee performance, service targets, staffing and resource management to achieve organisational outcomes.

Skills Required

• Proven experience leading complex service delivery functions and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong operational leadership, stakeholder engagement and people management capabilities.
• Experience managing performance, service quality and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of forensic interventions, rehabilitation services or related human services environments will be highly regarded.
• Ability to lead organisational change and build a culture of collaboration, accountability and innovation.

Demonstrated experience managing and monitoring complex frontline services is required. Tertiary qualifications in forensic studies, clinical practice, criminology or a related discipline are desirable.

Eligibility

• General registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
• Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• A master's degree in psychotherapy and registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
• A master's degree in counselling and membership with Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).

The role requires travel to prisons.

To learn more about the type of skills you will need to thrive in this role, please read the attached position description.

To find out more about the role and FIS, watch our career information video, visit our microsite or contact our recruitment team at .

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work.

One of the ways do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce - we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural background.

We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector.

We're proud of our individual differences.

We're proud of the many languages we speak and the stories we can share with each other.

We hope you will share your story too.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working towards increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) workforce. The Aboriginal Employment Team aims to attract, recruit and retain Aboriginal staff across all our roles. This support includes a culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment process. To learn more, email .

Important Information 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 safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria, is seeking a Senior Clinical Project Lead to guide complex clinical service development and reform across Forensic Intervention Services. You will deliver high-level clinical advice, drive change and support a small team within the Service Development unit.

This role requires advanced clinical expertise with experience in high-risk clients, stakeholder engagement, and a strong project management capability to improve service delivery in

The Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria, is seeking an experienced leader to manage Complex Interventions within Forensic Intervention Services. You will drive evidence-based offender rehabilitation, oversee a multidisciplinary team, and influence service delivery improvements across Victoria.

Join a dynamic team delivering high-quality interventions, with opportunities for strategic input, stakeholder engagement, and professional development.

Department of Justice and Community Safety (Victoria) is seeking Youth Justice Advanced Case Managers to supervise high-risk youths with complex needs across the South East Metro Region, with offices in Frankston, Dandenong and Ringwood.

These are full-time roles focusing on high-standard case management, coordination with courts and health services, and rehabilitation efforts to keep young people on track with statutory orders.