Clinical Psychologist For Youth Justice Forensics Community Team

Clinical Psychologist for Youth Justice Forensics Community Team at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, Hawkes Bay

Location : Hawkes Bay

Contract :

Permanent Full Time (1 FTE), Monday-Friday

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora isfirmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated toserving all New Zealanders.

Through integration and collaboration, we - rebuilding a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability,whanau-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,

• (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.

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 forthe people of Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Our people are at the heart ofeverything we do.

Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers andhonouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

We embrace diversityand welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages,ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability.

A workforce that is diverseand inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service ourcommunity.

We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus onMaori, 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.

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If you have any questions about the role, please contact

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.

Employer : Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley

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