Clinical Psychologist for Youth Justice Forensics Community Team

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 committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

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 dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities. 

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 4th May. 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.