Senior Psychologist/Senior Specialist Psychologist

Senior Psychologist/Senior Specialist Psychologist

Long Bay Correctional Complex

Lead Change in Rehabilitation – Advance Your Psychology Career in a Senior Clinical Role

Location: Long Bay Correctional Complex

Employment type: Temporary and ongoing talent pool

Salary:

• Senior Psychologist - $119, 972 to $130,314 pa
• Senior Specialist Psychologist - $140,655 - $148,932 pa
• Plus, Environmental Allowance, superannuation and annual leave loading

Your Role

As a Senior Psychologist, you will:

• Lead and supervise a team of Psychologists in delivering high-quality services to offenders
• Provide expert clinical advice on complex and high-risk cases, including violent and sexual offenders
• Deliver direct psychological interventions and manage complex case presentations
• Provide regular individual and group supervision to psychologists and interns
• Oversee the professional development and training of your team
• Maintain accurate, compliant documentation in OIMS and relevant systems
• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure coordinated psychological service delivery

If applying as a Senior Specialist Psychologist, you will also:

• Manage the most complex cases and provide high-level consultation across the Centre
• Drive research and service improvement initiatives
• Contribute to clinical governance and innovation in psychological practice
• Long Bay Complex
• On Long Bay complex there are two correctional centre facilities Long Bay Hospital (LBH) and the Metropolitan special programs centre (MSPC).

Long Bay Hospital is a maximum-security facility for medical and psychiatric cases, as well as remanded inmates. It provides mental health, medical observation, post-operative care, haemodialysis, as well as aged, rehabilitative, and palliative care to patients. Some patients are receiving involuntary treatment under the Mental Health Act (2007).

What You’Ll Do

• Working within a small team to provide psychological assessment and intervention.
• Working closely with Justice Health and attending Psychiatry review meetings about complex mental health patients.
• Working in a broader multidisciplinary team with SAPOs, Case Management, and Custodial Corrections.
• Formulating behavioural management plans to assist in the care and management of complex clients.
• Delivering mental health or behavioural change group programs.
• Working in the Special Purpose Centre which houses inmates who have been de-identified by the government due to participation in Witness Protection or other reasons. 

Metropolitan Special Programs Centre (MSPC) accommodates offenders of all classification. MSPC contains three main areas within the centre with two intensive therapeutic programs, Violent offender Treatment Program (VOTP and Sex Offender Program (SOP), as well as general psychology support.

What we’re looking for

We want to hear from you if you have:

Proven expertise in forensic, correctional, or clinical psychology

Strong knowledge of contemporary correctional principles and risk assessment frameworks

Experience delivering psychological interventions for mental health, cognitive impairment, and behavioural needs

Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and supervisory capabilities

Sound understanding of ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities in correctional psychology

Essential Requirements

Minimum four-year accredited qualification in Psychology

Full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)

Eligible to supervise provisional psychologists and students

Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel across NSW

Senior Specialist Grade Applicants

Applicants must demonstrate the additional characteristics as defined in the Crown Employees Psychologist Award.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

Leadership & Career Growth – Step into a senior clinical role with autonomy and purpose.

Collaborative Culture – Be part of a supportive, experienced team that values innovation.

Purposeful Work – Drive rehabilitation outcomes that improve lives and community safety.

Work-Life Balance – Enjoy the benefits of a regional role without sacrificing your professional goals.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close 07 November 2025 at 11:59PM AEST

Got A Question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Hayley Robinson via email: Hayley.Robinson@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Erica Tam on 0428 944 731 or via erica.tam@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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