Clinical Psychologist for Youth Justice Forensics Community Team
Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Location: Hawkes Bay
Contract: Permanent Full Time (1 FTE), Monday-Friday
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we - re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role
The Central Region Forensics & Rehabilitation Inpatient Services are seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join the Youth Justice Forensic Community Team based in Hawkes Bay. The successful candidate will be part of a supportive and experienced multi-disciplinary team that provides specialist care, psychological assessments and interventions to Rangatahi (youth) in residential units and there is scope in providing court report writing and consultancy to other services..
About the Team/Service/ Location
The forensic community teams are multidisciplinary based with their principal role as providing mental health services to all prisons (there are 6 prisons and a third of New Zealand - s total prison population in the Central Region) and courts (there are 17 court systems) in the region. These teams also follow up in the community certain tangata whaiora/consumers that transition from the inpatient units. The Central Regional Forensic Service are also involved with the Youth Court providing a Court Liaison Service and completing specialist psychological or psychiatric assessments ordered by the Court through Children Young Persons & Family Act, 1989 (Section 333).
About you
Our ideal candidate would need to have the following
- Minimum of a Master - s degree in Psychology and post-graduate diploma in clinical psychology or equivalent.
- Registration with NZ Psychologist Board, with clinical psychology vocational scope of practice.
- Experience working youth in the Forensic and or Mental Health pathway.
- Current Annual Practicing Certificate (APC).
- Full clean driver - s licence.
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is - the weaving of wellness - . We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
If applying from abroad please check your eligibility for NZPB registration and state the outcome on your cover letter in your application.
To apply please click - apply now. - All applications must be submitted through our online careers - portal by 7th July. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.