Job summary This post offers an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Level Psychological Therapist with an interest in working with people with offending history and complex personality difficulties to take a lead role in implementing the London Pathways Partnership (LPP) strategic plan. The London Pathways Partnership (LPP) is a partnership of five NHS Trusts co-delivering Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) services across several prisons in the Southeast of England and a pan-London Integrated Community Pathways Service (ICPS) in London, alongside HMPPS colleagues. The OPD Pathway programme provides services to men and women with complex psychological difficulties and serious offending histories, and to the multi-agency professionals working with them. Oxleas is the LPP Lead NHS Trust and will be the host trust for this post. Main duties of the job To be responsible for (to lead, manage and plan) thedelivery of a 'Complexity and Progress' working group to focus on enhancing the care afforded to priority service user groups. This includes those serving Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPP) and those at key points of transition on the OPD pathway, including, recalls, release from custody and moving between prison security levels. This will be a working group of key stakeholders and senior leads across the LPP network of services and it's HMPPS and 3rd Sector partnerships. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Date posted 24 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8c Salary £82,462 to £93,773 a year pro rata inc Contract Fixed term Duration 6 months Working pattern Part-time Reference number 277-7082025-LPP Job locations LPP London Bridge Offices 7 Holyrood Street London SE1 2EL Job description Job responsibilities To develop a pan LPP IPP strategy, with the requirement that all LPP services develop local action plans to progress this strategy. The LPP strategy will build on the recent HMPPS action plan and will focus on identification and prioritisation of those on IPP for direct and indirect support, the development of co-produced active support initiatives and partnership approaches for supporting progression through recategorization and parole processes. The strategy will integrate existing HMPPS and OPD IPP initiatives to ensure a coordinated approach which avoids duplication. In partnership with HMPPS senior leads across the LPP partnership services to propose, pilot and evaluate an enhanced pathway of support to those serving IPP sentences under LPP's care. To develop best practice guidelines to support LPP service users to make transitions between secure services, into the open estate, into the community and following recall to closed conditions. To work closely with LPPs Performance team and senior HMPPS Partners to ensure that these guidelines are fully implemented by all LPP Partnership services. To be responsible to the LPP Associate Directors for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision practice to those involved in the Complexity and Progress working group. To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the LPP Complexity and Progress working group. To initiate audit, policy and service development and research activities (as described above) to monitor outcomes associated with the implementation of the initiatives implemented by the working group to ensure the delivery of a reflexive, high quality and financially efficient service with a sound basis in evidence-based treatment and best clinical practice. To monitor and manage relevant key performance indicators. To attend relevant meetings and forums to represent both LPP Complexity and Progress working group and the LPP services. To effectively foster and develop relationships with both internal and external partners in the LPP delivered Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Services and non-statutory third sector organisations. To ensure routine outcome monitoring by all LPP staff in accordance with the aims of the Complexity and Progress working group. To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the LPP service participant group. To support the LPP Associate Directors in contributing to wider service development across the Trust, in the LPP delivered OPD pathway services, and to attend relevant meetings and clinical forums. Job description Job responsibilities To develop a pan LPP IPP strategy, with the requirement that all LPP services develop local action plans to progress this strategy. The LPP strategy will build on the recent HMPPS action plan and will focus on identification and prioritisation of those on IPP for direct and indirect support, the development of co-produced active support initiatives and partnership approaches for supporting progression through recategorization and parole processes. The strategy will integrate existing HMPPS and OPD IPP initiatives to ensure a coordinated approach which avoids duplication. In partnership with HMPPS senior leads across the LPP partnership services to propose, pilot and evaluate an enhanced pathway of support to those serving IPP sentences under LPP's care. To develop best practice guidelines to support LPP service users to make transitions between secure services, into the open estate, into the community and following recall to closed conditions. To work closely with LPPs Performance team and senior HMPPS Partners to ensure that these guidelines are fully implemented by all LPP Partnership services. To be responsible to the LPP Associate Directors for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision practice to those involved in the Complexity and Progress working group. To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the LPP Complexity and Progress working group. To initiate audit, policy and service development and research activities (as described above) to monitor outcomes associated with the implementation of the initiatives implemented by the working group to ensure the delivery of a reflexive, high quality and financially efficient service with a sound basis in evidence-based treatment and best clinical practice. To monitor and manage relevant key performance indicators. To attend relevant meetings and forums to represent both LPP Complexity and Progress working group and the LPP services. To effectively foster and develop relationships with both internal and external partners in the LPP delivered Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Services and non-statutory third sector organisations. To ensure routine outcome monitoring by all LPP staff in accordance with the aims of the Complexity and Progress working group. To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the LPP service participant group. To support the LPP Associate Directors in contributing to wider service development across the Trust, in the LPP delivered OPD pathway services, and to attend relevant meetings and clinical forums. Person Specification Experience Essential Previous senior leadership experience within prison or community OPD services Desirable Detailed knowledge of the London OPD services Experience Essential Previous experience of service development within the OPD pathway Desirable Applied experience of implementing quality improvement initiatives within the OPD pathway Knowledge Essential Applied understanding of the challenges of progressing IPP sentenced individuals Desirable Awareness of current HMPPS policy frameworks relating to the management of IPP sentenced individuals Person Specification Experience Essential Previous senior leadership experience within prison or community OPD services Desirable Detailed knowledge of the London OPD services Experience Essential Previous experience of service development within the OPD pathway Desirable Applied experience of implementing quality improvement initiatives within the OPD pathway Knowledge Essential Applied understanding of the challenges of progressing IPP sentenced individuals Desirable Awareness of current HMPPS policy frameworks relating to the management of IPP sentenced individuals Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Address LPP London Bridge Offices 7 Holyrood Street London SE1 2EL Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)