Psychologist

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Psychologist. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Do you want to be part of GEO's Clinical Community?
• Deliver evidence-based offender programs
• Professional Development Support

• Are you seeking a unique working environment and a supportive team culture?

• Join a global organisation and a group of dedicated professionals!

About the Organisation

The GEO Group Australia is the leading private sector provider of Correctional Facilities and related services in Australia. 

GEO's mission is to provide government with quality cost-effective services, innovative correctional facility operation and the successful rehabilitation of offenders. The organisation strives to ensure that all facilities maintain the highest possible service and operating standards, as evidenced by the numerous accreditations held, from both local and global standards authorities. GEO's highly trained and motivated employees regard the organisation as "an employer of choice".

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is located in Wacol, Queensland, 20 kilometres south-west of Brisbane city and is Queensland’s largest correctional centre.

The Centre's primary role is to safely secure male adult remanded prisoners for the period leading up to, and during, their trials. Most days are very busy with several hundred new receptions arriving and prisoners commuting between the Centre and the courts.

Many prisoners at the Centre complete recognised educational qualifications, gain valuable work skills and begin their long journey turning around chronic health issues and long-term addictions. Following their release, we are proud to report that many former Centre detainees have gone on to establish new careers, secure permanent and ongoing work, and live healthier, happier lives which contribute to broader society. 

About the Opportunity

• Well remunerated
• Annual professional registration fees paid
• Support in meeting ongoing CPD requirements
• Excellent Career Opportunity

The GEO Group Australia is looking for a motivated Psychologist to work as part of our busy, supportive, multi-disciplinary Psychology and Counselling team at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre at Wacol on a full-time basis.

GEO’s mission is to ensure a safe, secure, humane environment by providing productive and meaningful activities for prisoners and to support them in their preparation for court hearings, release or transfer to a placement centre. To ensure we carry out our mission we have an immediate vacancy for a Psychologist.

Mandatory requirements: Current General registration or Provisional registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

The successful candidate will have: 

• Excellent communication, report writing, negotiation and people skills;
• Strong knowledge of, or experience, providing suicide and self-harm risk assessment
• Strong interview and assessment skills; and,
• Knowledge of, or experience, providing crisis care and brief interventions.Please address the selection criteria and submit your responses with your resume online.

For any queries please contact Hanah, Prisoner Development Manager on 07 3212 0498. Applications close Monday 23rd July 1600 hrs.

The GEO Group is one of the leading private correctional and related services management companies in the world, therefore the successful candidates will reap the benefits of an infrastructure that can only be provided by a global industry leader.

The GEO Group Australia is regarded as an Employer of Choice and offers well-equipped, modern, safe working conditions. A supportive organisational culture will maximise your job satisfaction.

Further benefits include:

• Meals
• Uniforms provided
• Opportunities for company-funded study
• Free, secure car parking

To Apply for the position please complete all of the fields below, you'll then be prompted to attach a resume and cover letter - please make sure you have it available to upload.