Senior Clinician

Senior Clinician Lead Clinical Practice & Integrated Rehabilitation Services

Job No:GEO8696

Location:Ravenhall

Outstanding Career Progression - Professional Leadership Role - Shape Best Practice Across GEO Victoria

Full Time Salary $126000- $135 000 plus Superannuation (salary based on experience)

AboutThe Opportunity

GEO is seeking highly capable and experienced Senior Clinician to provide leadership across our Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services at Ravenhall Correctional Centre with periodic involvement at the GEO Community Reintegration Centre.

This is an exceptional opportunity for clinicians ready to take the nextstepleadingmultidisciplinary teams influencing practice quality across complex environments and driving system-level outcomes.

Senior Clinicians at GEO play a pivotal leadership role in the Continuum of Care model ensuring high-quality assessmentinterventionand reintegration support for prisoners and those transitioning post-release. If you are passionate about developing others strengthening evidence-informed practice and shaping the future of rehabilitation this role offers significant scope for professional growth and impact.

Your Key Impact Areas

As a Senior Clinician you will provide strategic and operational leadership to a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians delivering services both in custody and post-release. You will:

• Lead and manage a team of psychologists social workerscounsellorsand occupational therapists.

• Provide clinical supervision coaching mentoring and performance leadership to ensure high-quality evidence-based practice.

• Offer expert clinical consultation to Clinical Managers Corrections Victoria and stakeholder partners on rehabilitation pathways and the Continuum of Care.

• Review andallocatecases balancing caseloads and aligning work to clinicians strengths and experience.

• Ensure the delivery of best-practice assessments risk evaluations caseformulations and behavior management plans.

• Strengthen program integrity by ensuring adherence to RNR principles the Good Lives Model therapeuticjurisprudenceand GEOs Program Plan.

• Collaborate with custodial staff and alliance partners (ForensicareGEO HealthCare Plus YMCA and others) to ensure coordinated and effective service delivery.

• Maintain a small senior-level caseload involving complex presentations ensuring leadershipremainsgrounded in contemporary clinical practice.

• Manage post-release service scheduling and team involvement at the GEO Community Reintegration Centre.

• Drive continuous improvement including data quality report review professionaldevelopmentand training facilitation.

This role combines leadership clinicalexpertise systeminfluenceandmeaningful impact.

For more information about the role please review thePosition Description.

Our Unique Setting

Ravenhall Correctional Centre is a national leader in rehabilitation offering an integrated service system that spans in-custody treatment through to post-release support. With diverse prisoner profiles specialist units and strong partnerships with respected sector organisations the work is both challenging and deeply meaningful.

Senior Clinicians playa central rolein ensuring that every prisoner regardless of complexity or background receives the best opportunity to achieve change and succeed post-release.

Working in this role means playing a central part in GEOs mission to help people turn their lives around and supporting the teams who deliver thatimpactevery day.

Please note: This role is based within correctional settings and will involve direct engagement with prisoners. A security clearance isrequired.

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Why This Role Represents Exceptional Career Progression

As a Senior Clinician at GEO you will:

• Step into a formal leadership role supervisingcoachingand shaping multidisciplinary practice.

• Strengthen your capabilities in complex case formulation behavior supportand specialist unit work.

• Build operational and strategicexpertisealongside managers alliedagenciesand senior justice stakeholders.

• Position yourself for progression into clinical management specialist leadership or broader operational leadership roles within GEO and the wider sector.

• Work within an environment that invests heavily in your development and recognises the critical role of clinical leadership in reducing reoffending.

The Rewards: Investing in Your Career and Wellbeing

Joining GEO means being part of a team committed to professional excellence and making a real difference. We offer a compelling range of benefits:

• Professional development opportunities (including further education sponsorship)

• Competitive salary and free parking

• Employee Assistance Program

• Staff gym

• Subsidised meals

• Fitness Passport to promote wellbeing. Discounted gym and pool access for members and their families to over 1500 fitness facilities across Australia.

• Discounted Private Health Insurance (Medibank Private)

• VCEA (Victorian Correctional Employees Association)

Ready to Lead the Future of Rehabilitation

If youareready to step into a leadership role where your influence extends across teamsprogramsand the lives of those working to change their futures we welcome your application.

• A cover letter addressingsuitability for the role

• Your current resume

Pre-employment checksinclude:

In-person or virtual interview
Reference checks
Fit2Work and National Police Certificate
Pre-employment medical and fitness assessment

Please note that clearance processes can take68 weeks.