Clinical: 1. To undertake psychological assessments of clients applying psychological theory, including neuro-psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. 2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in the prison setting. 3. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects. 4. To work with other staff to assess or support service users in the prison and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions or care guidelines as agreed with the psychologist/psychological therapist providing supervision. 5. To assist in the development of a psychological based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place. IT responsibilities (clinical): 1. To create graphs or charts to collate or summarise data on individual interventions or treatment programmes. 2. To assist in producing visual or material or user-friendly information for interventions with clients. Teaching, training and supervision: 1. In common with all assistant psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines. 2. To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post holder is employed. 3. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties. 4. To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care. Management, recruitment and service development: 1. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects with the service as required. 2. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed. Research and service evaluation: 1. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects. 2. To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (