Job summary
Join
Our Team as a Psychologist
Are
you passionate about making a difference with complex and high-risk individuals within the criminal justice system?
We
are looking for a skilled and motivated psychological professional to join our
small and friendly Bridging the Gap Team.
Bridging the Gap is an Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service (IIRMS) to deliver individually tailored and psychologically informed Interventions to high risk male and female adults on probation across North Yorkshire and Humberside.
Why Join Us?
We understand that when people feel supported and valued, they can achieve great things and we want you to be part of that.
Main duties of the job
This is a unique opportunity to manage a specialist caseload, deliver and evaluate evidence-based interventions, and contribute to psychologically informed care planning in a multi-agency context.
You'll act as a clinical expert within the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway, supporting colleagues through consultation, supervision, and training, while also helping to shape the service development and best practice.
The successful candidate will be required to attend CFT and DBT training and undergo training EMDR as part of our intervention offer.
If
you're committed to trauma-informed, collaborative work and are ready to take
the next step in your career, wed love to hear from you!
For
an informal chat about the role please contact Tom Dix, Service Manager via Tom.Dix@foundationuk.org
Secondments will be considered.
Recruitment
is taking place on a rolling basis, and we may close the application process at
any time once we have received a sufficient number of strong applications, so
dont delay!
*We are seeing an increased volume of applications created with the assistance of AI. Please note that all applications will be reviewed to assess authenticity and originality.
Good Luck!
Closing date: 01 February 2026
Interviews will take place on: 12 February 2026
About us
Heres what youll enjoy as part of our team:
- Flexible working optionsto help you balance work and life in a way that suits you.
- Hybrid working enjoy the best of both worlds!
- 25 days annual leaveplus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service because your time off matters.
- A wealth oflearning and career development opportunities,with paid and tailored training to support your growth.
- Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme24/7,including access to counselling andGP services your wellbeing is a priority.
- Employer contributory pension schemeto help secure your future.
- Greatmaternity, paternity and adoption benefitsto support you and your family.
- Exclusivecare workers discountsto make life a little easier.
- Access to a range ofEmployee Networksincluding People of Colour, LGBT+, Mental Health and Accessibility we embrace and celebrate diversity.
- Avariety of health and wellbeing initiativesto keep you feeling your best.
- Cycle to Work Schemeto help you stay active and reduce your carbon footprint.
- Access to aCorporate Health Planto support your physical and mental health.
We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment where everyone can thrive by being their true self. Join us in driving this important agenda forward and help shape a workplace where all voices are valued!
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To manage a highly specialised caseload of adult probation clients who are assessed as presenting with complex risk and needs.
2. To assess and monitor risk and develop interventions to manage risk for individual clients, and contribute to multi-disciplinary care planning around risk, in line with organisational and inter-agency policies and procedures.
3. To evaluate treatment outcomes with clients, selecting appropriately validated psychometric measures and other assessment techniques.
4. To convey highly complex and specialist information to clients and significant others/relevant workers within the Criminal Justice system and other partner organisations.
5. To act as a clinical expert in the field of psychological therapy and to provide advice and consultation on clients psychological care and risk management to BtG colleagues and stakeholders.
6. To liaise with professionals from other health and criminal justice services regarding a clients psychological care. To include building links with Probation and other services working with clients in the pathway and sharing ideas and providing support to encourage psychologically informed and consistent support.
7. To help develop complex formulations for people on probation assessed as posing a high or very high risk of serious harm based upon a range of theoretical perspectives.
8. To provide formal supervision on psychological interventions to BtG colleagues and trainee therapists as agreed with the clinical lead and as appropriate to the grade.
9. To work autonomously within professional guidelines, Bridging the Gap policies and procedures and the overall framework of the Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service. To be accountable for own actions and decisions without direct or day to day supervision or support.
10. To contribute to and help develop robust mechanisms for audit, data collection and clinical governance.
Please note this role description outlines your general duties and responsibilities. While it provides a good idea of what is expected, it is not exhaustive and your role is likely to evolve over time. We value flexibility, so we may ask you to take on additional reasonable tasks.
This may be reviewed and updated at any time at our sole discretion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To manage a highly specialised caseload of adult probation clients who are assessed as presenting with complex risk and needs.
2. To assess and monitor risk and develop interventions to manage risk for individual clients, and contribute to multi-disciplinary care planning around risk, in line with organisational and inter-agency policies and procedures.
3. To evaluate treatment outcomes with clients, selecting appropriately validated psychometric measures and other assessment techniques.
4. To convey highly complex and specialist information to clients and significant others/relevant workers within the Criminal Justice system and other partner organisations.
5. To act as a clinical expert in the field of psychological therapy and to provide advice and consultation on clients psychological care and risk management to BtG colleagues and stakeholders.
6. To liaise with professionals from other health and criminal justice services regarding a clients psychological care. To include building links with Probation and other services working with clients in the pathway and sharing ideas and providing support to encourage psychologically informed and consistent support.
7. To help develop complex formulations for people on probation assessed as posing a high or very high risk of serious harm based upon a range of theoretical perspectives.
8. To provide formal supervision on psychological interventions to BtG colleagues and trainee therapists as agreed with the clinical lead and as appropriate to the grade.
9. To work autonomously within professional guidelines, Bridging the Gap policies and procedures and the overall framework of the Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service. To be accountable for own actions and decisions without direct or day to day supervision or support.
10. To contribute to and help develop robust mechanisms for audit, data collection and clinical governance.
Please note this role description outlines your general duties and responsibilities. While it provides a good idea of what is expected, it is not exhaustive and your role is likely to evolve over time. We value flexibility, so we may ask you to take on additional reasonable tasks.
This may be reviewed and updated at any time at our sole discretion.
Person Specification
Approach and Values
Essential
- Demonstrate a good understanding of and active commitment to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Demonstrate a commitment to supporting clients to take an active role in shaping the services they receive.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner to clients.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and IT skills, with a strong focus on accuracy, attention to detail, to effectively communicate in various ways to different stakeholders e.g. social media.
- Able to self-manage, effectively plan and prioritise tasks and consistently deliver results.
- Creative, flexible and imaginative approach to working with people with complex profiles/personality difficulties/ a diagnosis of personality disorder.
- A good understanding of the principles of the OPD Pathway and IIRMS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group, criminal justice and mental health.
Desirable
- Hold a valid UK driving licence (or one permitting driving in the UK) and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
- Language skills (e.g., Urdu, BSL, etc.).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering psychological therapy to people presenting with a range of difficulties and clinical presentations.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment as an autonomous psychological therapist.
- Experience of work within a forensic setting.
Desirable
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Experience of working with individuals demonstrating personality difficulties, or traits associated with Personality Disorder in a forensic setting.
- Experience of providing teaching, training and/or clinical supervision.
- Experience evaluating clinical practice and participating in research and clinical audits.
- Experience of housing / homelessness/ offending or mental health either as a service user, carer, worker or volunteer.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Doctoral level training in clinical or forensic psychology, and accredited membership by the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or holding post-graduate psychotherapy training with BACP or UKCP registration. Training should include models of psychopathology, psychological therapies, developmental psychology and an ability to assess and manage risk within a positive risk-taking framework.
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in clinical supervision.
Person Specification
Approach and Values
Essential
- Demonstrate a good understanding of and active commitment to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Demonstrate a commitment to supporting clients to take an active role in shaping the services they receive.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner to clients.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and IT skills, with a strong focus on accuracy, attention to detail, to effectively communicate in various ways to different stakeholders e.g. social media.
- Able to self-manage, effectively plan and prioritise tasks and consistently deliver results.
- Creative, flexible and imaginative approach to working with people with complex profiles/personality difficulties/ a diagnosis of personality disorder.
- A good understanding of the principles of the OPD Pathway and IIRMS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group, criminal justice and mental health.
Desirable
- Hold a valid UK driving licence (or one permitting driving in the UK) and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
- Language skills (e.g., Urdu, BSL, etc.).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering psychological therapy to people presenting with a range of difficulties and clinical presentations.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment as an autonomous psychological therapist.
- Experience of work within a forensic setting.
Desirable
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Experience of working with individuals demonstrating personality difficulties, or traits associated with Personality Disorder in a forensic setting.
- Experience of providing teaching, training and/or clinical supervision.
- Experience evaluating clinical practice and participating in research and clinical audits.
- Experience of housing / homelessness/ offending or mental health either as a service user, carer, worker or volunteer.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Doctoral level training in clinical or forensic psychology, and accredited membership by the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or holding post-graduate psychotherapy training with BACP or UKCP registration. Training should include models of psychopathology, psychological therapies, developmental psychology and an ability to assess and manage risk within a positive risk-taking framework.
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in clinical supervision.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
