Psychologist

Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer flexible benefits and career opportunities to support your growth, including:

• Paid AHPRA registration and professional insurance
• Paid training budget and 2 days study leave
• Supervision from a Board Approved Supervisor 
• Provision of uniform 
• Buffet style lunch provided 
• Flexible start and finish times with free onsite parking

Make an impact at Serco
As a Psychologist within the Psychological Health Services (PHS) team at Acacia Prison, you’ll provide psychological assessment and intervention to prisoners facing various issues, with a particular emphasis on suicide and self-harm risk assessment and crisis intervention. Additionally, PHS provides targeted psychological interventions tailored to the needs of a forensic population. We are offering full-time or part time position based in Wooroloo, WA.

As a Psychologist in the Psychological Health Services team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

• Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team to support prisoners in psychological distress and/or functional impairment.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop management plans for self-harm prevention. 
• Provide individual counselling and group therapy to prisoners with current psychological needs. 
• Preparing accurate, defensible documentation including progress notes and treatment plans. 

Serco is a place for you
You are a compassionate professional with a strong commitment to mental health and wellbeing. You thrive in collaborative environments and are driven to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• A degree in Psychology(BPsych or BAPsych-Honours); OR Masters/Doctoral degree in Psychology(Forensic, Clinical, Counselling) and full registration with AHPRA.
• Solid understanding of evidence-based practices in assessment and intervention of different psychological and behavioural presentations.
• Experience in delivering individual counselling, preferably in correctional or institutional settings.
• Strong teamwork skills in a multi-disciplinary environment 
• Strong report-writing with accurate and defensible documentation 
• A commitment to cultural sensitivity 

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You do not need to meet every listed requirement to apply. If this role interests you, we’d love to hear from you.

About Serco
As a fast-growing global company, Serco’s services span justice, migration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility. By joining us, you’ll be part of a supportive culture with trusted leaders who help you achieve your goals.

Please note:

This position requires a comprehensive probity assessment, including a Federal Police Check.
Team members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, technology, and partners to create impactful solutions for some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Impact a better future at Serco.