Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other
Role Type: Psychology
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities? Yes
There are two posts available; one full time (37 hours) and one half time (18.5 hours). Both roles are based at HMP Berwyn, however, they are regional posts and some travel around the region is required.
Forensic Psychological Services, HMPPS (His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service) in Wales is seeking a registered practitioner to join our expanding team. Our psychologists have the opportunity to work with a diverse offending population across Wales’ public sector prisons as well as in National Probation Service settings in the community. We undertake complex risk assessments and interventions, develop and deliver training, oversee research, and provide consultancy to a range of stakeholders, working closely with partners from Welsh Government, NHS, Police and Crime Commissioning, Youth Justice, and academia. We provide opportunities for our staff to be involved in innovative projects, developing the scope and impact of our work, and psychologists benefit from ongoing training and development opportunities.
We welcome applications from registered practitioners with relevant forensic experience.
Overview of the job:
This is a non-operational offender-facing job.
Summary:
The job holders covered by this job description are usually categorized as specialists in their field or those whose role requires significant additional experience, training, and personal development. The job holder will largely excel in the area of risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as working with those convicted of sexual offending. At this level, the jobholder may have responsibility for the key specialist tasks involved in the delivery of a program or related individual case management, which would also entail overseeing the quality of delivery and supervision. They will also provide direction and support for other supervisors. This is a non-operational and non-rotational job.
The job holder will be working with complex individuals and staff and applying their experience and competence in the area of psychology to reduce the risk of harm and re-offending by undertaking complex risk assessments, conducting research, providing consultancy, and delivering training for staff and interventions (individual and group).
Responsibilities, Activities, and Duties:
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:
1. Conduct full case reviews on difficult cases and offer authoritative advice on next steps relating to sentence plans.
2. Specialize in the delivery of psychology services in settings such as therapeutic community wings or PIPEs.
3. Lead, supervise, and facilitate group sessions.
4. Offer professional opinions to multi-functional teams conducting offender reports e.g., risk reports, parole reports on high-risk or vulnerable offenders.
5. Develop strategies such as sexual offending or indeterminate sentence assessment and intervention strategy.
6. Deliver and supervise the delivery of more complex programs e.g., healthy sex program.
7. Provide consultancy support to colleagues such as Senior Management Team (SMT) in relation to psychology services and outcomes.
8. Conduct relevant research including data gathering and analysis.
9. Act as a “professional witness” in parole board hearings, multi-agency meetings, and other formal settings where psychology input is required. May also act as expert witness in respect of court proceedings for Ministry of Justice.
10. Manage and provide professional supervision to trainee forensic psychology staff.
11. Provide supervision, training, mentoring, and support to trainee psychologists and, where relevant, other staff such as interventions staff.
12. Assist in national specialist tasks such as training on courses related to their specialist discipline.
13. Provide professional supervision to support a trainee in developing through the key steps towards chartered and registered status.
14. 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 offenders.
15. Lead on risk assessment and resulting risk management of complex, vulnerable, or high-risk offenders. Will be competent to undertake the full range of risk assessments including the more complex risk assessments.
16. Contribute to other offender management processes (usually with more complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) assessments and self-harm or personality disorder assessments).
17. Provide consultancy role to the wider team on their specialist activity. Visit a range of sites/forums to advise on complex cases.
18. Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been demonstrated.
19. Manage own Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements and maintain professional standards.
20. Ensure they maintain their professional Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
21. Provide a psychological contribution to the work of areas of the wider service provision (such as a therapeutic community or regime activity).
22. Provide psychological reports when requested for those convicted of a life sentence and submit within the appropriate time framework.
23. Responsible for relevant accreditation audit baselines as detailed in the audit document.
24. Line management of trainee psychologists.
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. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfill 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
* Managing a Quality Service
* Delivering at Pace
Experience:
Possess a professional background in Psychology. Experience in providing clinical supervision. Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practices.
They are likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and Full member of the appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it.
Technical Requirements:
The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title.
The job holder must be able to fulfill all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
Mandatory Eligibility Requirements:
Qualifications:
Registered Psychologist with the HCPC
Licences:
Registered as a practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
Additional Information:
HMPPS in Wales: Vacancy Attraction Statement
Preventing victims by changing lives:
HMPPS in Wales works in an integrated way to keep communities in Wales safer and to give the men and women we work with the opportunity to change their lives. We commission and provide offender management services in the community and in custody to deliver the orders of the courts and support rehabilitation. Our aim is to deliver outstanding, seamless offender management services in Wales that protect the public, reduce reoffending, deliver value for money, and support our partners.
The Welsh Language Scheme:
Welsh Language skills for this post are desirable.
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. This will be discussed and agreed upon the completion of pre-employment checks.
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. All applications for part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy.
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.
Benefits:
Annual Leave:
The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non-standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment.
Bank, Public, and Privilege Holidays:
You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public, and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance.
Pension:
The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Work-Life Balance:
HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work-life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so.
Season Ticket Advance:
After two months’ service, you’ll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work.
Childcare Vouchers:
For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
Training:
HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention, and Anti-Bullying Programmes.
Eligibility:
- All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
- All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
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