Job Description

About Forensicare
Forensicare is Victoria’s specialist provider of forensic mental health services. We deliver recovery focused care to people with serious mental illness or problematic behaviours who are connected to, or at risk of contact with, the justice system—across secure hospitals, prisons and community settings.

About the role
Reporting to the Health & Safety Lead, the Health and Safety Partner provides hands on, solution focused expertise to strengthen organisational capability in occupational health and safety within our Prison directorate.

This is a senior partner role with high professional autonomy, working closely with leaders and frontline teams of our Prison directorate:
• Embed safe systems of work
• Address complex physical and psychosocial risks
• Ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements in a practical, workable way

You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering Forensicare’s Health, Safety strategy, operating across our custodial environments.

Key responsibilities
• Provide authoritative advice on OHS and psychosocial risk in highly regulated environments
• Lead responses to serious or systemic health and safety incidents
• Strengthen governance, assurance, reporting and executive oversight
• Partner with custodial operators and external stakeholders on investigations and controls
• Support readiness for regulators, audits and inspections
• Translate data, insights and evidence into practical, preventative solutions
• Contribute to enterprise wide frameworks, programs and continuous improvement initiatives

What you’ll bring
• Relevant tertiary qualification in OHS, health sciences, human factors or similar (or equivalent senior experience)
• Proven senior experience providing risk informed, evidence based safety advice
• Strong knowledge of OHS and psychosocial legislation and regulatory obligations
• Ability to influence leaders and work collaboratively with unions, HSRs and external bodies
• High professionalism, discretion and integrity
• Experience in healthcare, forensic mental health, justice or complex public sector environments (highly desirable)

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• A culture where people matter.
• Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members.
• Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams.
• Salary Packaging Options available – Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses
• 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.
• Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
• 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, peer support and critical incidence response programs.

Eligibility
• Influenza and Immunisation Evidence
• This position is subject to a Police Check

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of RESPONSIVENESS, INTEGRITY, IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.