Psychologist

Wellington & Macquarie Correctional Centres - Ongoing Roles - Full time & part time available

Psychologist |Specialist Psychologist | Senior Psychologist | Senior Specialist Psychologist

Location: Wellington & Macquarie Correctional Centres

Employment type:  Ongoing Opportunity – Full time or part time

Salary: Psychologist: $83,898 – $118,318pa, plus super, environmental allowance, and leave loading

Specialist Psychologist: $120,464 - $139,824pa, plus super, environmental allowance, and leave loading

Senior Psychologist: $124,771 to $135,527pa, plus super, environmental allowance, and leave loading               

Senior Specialist Psychologist: $146,281 - $154,889pa, plus super, environmental allowance, and leave loading 

Come meet us in August! 

We’re hosting two family-friendly information events where you can meet and speak with staff from across custodial and non-custodial roles at Wellington Correctional Centre & Complex. Ask questions, explore career pathways, and get a firsthand look at life in Corrective Services. Register here. 

Join us at one of two free, family-friendly information events to learn about career opportunities at Wellington Correctional Centre & Complex.

📍 Robertson Park, Orange | Saturday 1 August | 8am–4pm

📍 Club Dubbo | Sunday 2 August | 8am–4pm

Are you ready to grow your career, strengthen communities, and take your psychology career further?

We are recruiting psychologist, specialist psychologist, senior psychologist, and senior specialist psychologist, to join our team at Wellington and Macquarie Correctional Centre.

If you're a provisional or fully registered psychologist looking to apply your expertise in a role that offers complex clinical work, genuine professional influence and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on individuals and communities, we encourage you to apply.

Your Role

As a psychologist or Specialist Psychologist at Wellington Correctional Centres, you'll play a critical role in supporting rehabilitation, reducing reoffending and improving community safety. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll provide psychological assessment, intervention and consultation services to individuals in custody while developing highly sought-after expertise in correctional and forensic psychology. This is an opportunity to undertake complex clinical work, contribute to important decision-making processes and build a rewarding career in a supportive government environment.

To learn more about the role watch this short video

What you’ll do

You'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team, where you'll conduct psychological assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions and contribute to case planning for people in custody. Your clinical insights will help inform rehabilitation pathways, while your assessments and reports will support important decisions made by statutory authorities, helping create a safer community

As a Psychologist/Specialist Psychologist, you'll also provide clinical leadership, mentor colleagues, deliver training and contribute to the development of evidence-based programs and practices in Corrective services

What we’re looking for

As a motivated psychologist, you are passionate about improving mental health outcomes and making a meaningful difference in people’s lives. You have experience assessing and treating a range of mental health conditions and cognitive impairments, using evidence-based approaches to support positive outcomes.

You are interested in working with complex presentations and enjoy the challenge of a dynamic clinical environment where critical thinking and adaptability are essential. Strong communication and interpersonal skills enable you to build effective relationships with clients, families, and colleagues, and you work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive care

Download Psychologist/Specialist psychologist role description.

Download Senior Psychologist/Senior Specialist psychologist role description

Why You'll Love Working Here

At Corrective Services NSW, you'll be supported to build a career—not just do a job.

You'll benefit from:

• Permanent government employment with long-term career security.

• Structured career progression and advancement opportunities.

• Ongoing professional development and learning.

• Generous leave entitlements and competitive pay

• Access to employee wellbeing initiatives and assistance programs

Take the next step, join us!

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close 09 AUGUST 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Divya Soni on 02 9765 1987 or via divya.son@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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