91512 - Forensic or Clinical Registered Psychologist- Psychology Services- South East & East Directorate
Number of jobs available: 8
Detail of reserve list: 12 Months
Region: National
City/Town: Hemel Hempstead, Huntingdon, Lewes, Newmarket, Norwich, Thetford, Woodbridge
Building/Site: HM Prison Bure, NR10 5AJ, HM Prison Highpoint, CB8 9YG, HM Prison Hollesley Bay, IP12 3JW, HM Prison Littlehey, PE28 0SR, HM Prison Mount, HP3 0NZ, HM Prison Wayland, IP25 6RL, HMYOI LEWES LEWES, BN7 1EA, HMYOI WARREN HILL WOODBRIDGE, IP12 3BF
Grade: SEO
Band: 7
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other
Role Type: Psychology
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities? No
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational offender facing job.
Summary
The job holder will be working with prisoners, people on probation, and staff, applying their competence in psychology to reduce the risk of harm and re-offending by undertaking a range of work including risk assessment of prisoners, conducting research, providing consultancy, and delivering training for staff and assessment and interventions for offenders.
This job holder will be able to provide designated support and supervision to trainee psychologists.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
* Offer authoritative professional advice on targets and objectives for relevant offenders and advise on the best location for those offenders (both within the establishment or relocation to another category establishment).
* Offer professional opinion to teams conducting reports e.g. lifer reports, parole reports.
* Develop strategy and plans of activity for some areas of operation e.g. manage the organisation of relevant programme assessments or manage assessment and interviews of those with an indeterminate sentence.
* Provide consultancy support to colleagues such as the SMT or other teams in relation to psychology services and outcomes.
* Conduct relevant research including data gathering and analysis.
* Responsible for providing supervision to trainee forensic psychology staff.
* Provide training, mentoring, and support to trainee psychologists and other staff (e.g. interventions staff).
* Can be required to provide professional (designated) supervision of trainees to ensure that they develop through the key steps towards chartered and registered status.
* Ensure staff are developed in accordance with key competencies and gateways and ensure consistency across the team in the application of policies and procedures affecting staff and prisoners.
* Lead on risk assessment and resulting risk management.
* Participate in risk assessment of offenders to determine their risk of harm to self, others, and the risk of reoffending.
* Can be required to deliver and/or oversee the quality of programmes (treatment management). These will be of the more complex type requiring such qualified input.
* Provide consultancy role on specialist area e.g. Working with those convicted of Sexual Offending Strategy or Indeterminate Sentenced Prisoners (ISP) Strategy.
* Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been demonstrated.
* Act as a “professional witness” in parole board hearings, multi-agency meetings, and other formal settings where psychology input is required.
* Maintain own Continued Professional Development (CPD) and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and are not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Behaviours
* Making Effective Decisions
* Leadership
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Developing Self and Others
Experience
* Possess a professional background in Psychology.
* Experience in providing clinical supervision.
* Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practice.
Technical requirements
* Qualified and registered clinician with the HCPC.
Mandatory Eligibility Requirements
Qualifications
Qualified forensic or clinical psychologists with the HCPC or in the process of receiving HCPC registration.
Licences
Qualified and registered clinician with the HCPC.
Languages
Spoken and written English.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites, and/or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas).
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office.
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service.
Standard full-time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs.
If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitably qualified staff.
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