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How we work | Forensicare COVID-19: Important information for visitors to Forensicare. Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health News About us About us Forensicare Board Executive team Mental illness and the criminal law Model of Care Publications Governance Legislative obligations Our Services Community Services Statewide services Regional Services Hospital Operations Care pathways A Structured Approach to Recovery Community Leave Prison Operations Our prison services Contacting and visiting prisoners Families and carers Family and carer support Recovery Recovery-oriented practice Consumer Participation Research & Education Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science Professional Development Program Research at Forensicare Current Research Projects Research Reports and Publications Careers Working with us How we work Employee benefits Relocation support Graduate and Enrolled Nurse Programs Nursing Mental Health Transition to Practice program Allied Health/Psych Program Student placements Medical Student Placements Current vacancies Our expertise Nursing Psychology Psychiatry Social work Occupational therapy Other Allied Health Lived experience workforce Corporate administration Contact Privacy Policy Freedom of Information Requests Family Violence and Child Information Sharing Doing Business with Forensicare Feedback Contact Home Careers How we work How we work How we work Communications Team 2025-01-08T09:09:43+11:00 We work with a shared purpose across unique contexts . Our work is varied, but we are united in our shared purpose of empowering people in their mental health recovery and improving the forensic mental health system. Our consumers live with serious mental health disorders and are: involved in, or at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system have carried out a criminal offence but have been found not guilty, or unfit to be tried due to their mental health, or are at risk of offending or pose a risk to themselves or others. Our services are based on a recovery-oriented mental health framework. This means our services are tailored to different stages of recovery and range from assessment, early intervention and prevention, inpatient care, rehabilitation and community transmission support. All our work is governed by our Model of Care 2021-2026 , to ensure the highest quality of care for all our consumers, workers and community members. In the hospital Within a secure setting at the Thomas Embling Hospital you will build trusted and engaged relationships with consumers who include: people found not guilty of an offence or unable to stand trial due to mental impairments people who are in prison that need mental health treatment in a hospital people from the broader community that need secure hospital-based mental health treatment. You will work in or with multidisciplinary teams to provide consumers with the support they need and will always look for ways to engage people in their own care. You will provide a compassionate environment for people to work through their varied mental health challenges and assist them to make meaningful changes. “I’ve been at Forensicare since 2001 and what I love about the hospital is the camaraderie and excellent staff. I do what I do because people get well and fractured families come together; it’s the illness, not the person, and it doesn’t matter what walk of life the consumers come from or their educational status, when you see someone emerge from their illness, it makes it all worthwhile.” Cushla In prisons You will work in a fast-paced environment that provides support to people who are in prison . You will work in secure, yet often confronting environments, as you work with consumers and multidisciplinary colleagues across a range of services that destigmatise mental health and empower people to live meaningful lives. Whether supporting a high flow of short-stay remand consumers or supporting long-stay sentence consumers with complex needs, you will build trusted relat