Company Profile
Forensicare
Company Overview
Forensicare (Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health) is the statewide specialist provider of forensic mental health services in Victoria. Forensicare is the only agency in Victoria that provides clinical forensic mental health services which span all components of the mental health and criminal justice sectors – giving Forensicare a unique perspective on mental health and public safety issues. It is able to provide specialist forensic mental health services tailored to meet the specific needs of both sectors.
We provide forensic mental health services for people:
- with a serious mental illness in the criminal justice system
- at risk of offending who pose a risk to themselves or others
- referred from the general mental health system for specialist advice, support and/or treatment.
Forensicare’s primary focus is the provision of clinical services within a recovery framework. These services include the effective assessment, treatment and management of forensic patients, prisoners and clients.
A comprehensive research program operates through Swinburne University of Technology’s independent Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, to support the ongoing development of clinical services. Specialist training and ongoing professional education is also provided to our staff and the broader mental health and justice fields.
Benefits
A culture where people matter
- Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of managers and supervisors.
- Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
- A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
- A mentoring program to support your career development at Forensicare.
- A buddy system to help you build connections across the organisation.
- An employee support network providing kind, confidential and informal support and helping you navigate workplace issues.
- Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
- A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological support, peer support and critical incident response programs, as needed.
- A holistic onboarding and induction program.
- Ongoing personalised support from your People and Culture team business partner.
- A Personal Leave Donation Bank – where you may benefit from donations by other colleagues or donate unused leave for those experiencing severe hardship and needing extra time off work.
- Monthly reflective practice sessions to discuss and share with colleagues to discuss your work and how to best manage the potential impacts that working with complex forensic mental health cases may have on you.
Further information can be found at - https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/careers/employee-benefits/