Job summary
Are you interested in working with people on probation?
Are you interested in working with Offenders/ ex-offenders?
Are you interested in Personality Disorders?
Are you a forensic, counselling or clinical psychologist?
Are you interested in collaborative working to deliver key outcomes for service users?
If the answers to the above questions are yes, we would be keen to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for cover within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as part of the ACORN Service at HMP Whatton. This is a specialist treatment service for individuals with personality difficulties and a history of sexual offending. The service is part of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway and is jointly delivered by NHS and Prison partners. We would welcome applications from those who are newly qualified or have completed training and are awaiting HCPC registration.
Main duties of the job
The Offender Health directorate in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides Healthcare to nine prisons and a short term holding facility in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. These services include physical healthcare, mental healthcare, and intellectual disability, neurodevelopmental and substance misuse services. The Directorate also provides specialist treatment to individuals with personality related difficulties at HMP Whatton and HMP North Sea Camp, in addition to 2 Therapeutic Communities at HMP Gartree and HMP Dovegate (joint NHS/ HMPPS), in addition to offering OPD services within Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire (community provision).
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
The ACORN service is a comprehensive specialist service offering a range of therapeutic interventions on an outreach basis at HMP Whatton to individuals with problematic personality traits which are linked to difficulties with progression or risk. The service offers a suite of therapies including Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitiation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) within tiered phases. Therapies, including socially creative sessions, psychoeducation and both group and 1:1 therapy are provided with an emphasis upon the importance of relationships and the environmental setting. There is a focus on undertaking suitability assessments for the service within the current role alongside delivery of interventions.
We are committed to working in partnership with His Majestys Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), both with Prison and Probation colleagues; this service is a joint enterprise so relies on collaborative working. We also work in partnership with other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice and reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, equitable, high quality services to service users across the Directorate. If this sounds like a directorate you would like to join, we would like you to be part of our team. You should be enthusiastic, motivated service-user focused and enjoy a challenge. Ideally we are looking for someone with prior experience or knowledge of the OPD pathway and prisons and therapies experience.
For further details contact:
Dr Felicity Nichols (Senior Clinical Psychologist and ACORN Joint Clinical Lead)
01949 803473
Job description
Job responsibilities
The ACORN service is a comprehensive specialist service offering a range of therapeutic interventions on an outreach basis at HMP Whatton to individuals with problematic personality traits which are linked to difficulties with progression or risk. The service offers a suite of therapies including Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitiation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) within tiered phases. Therapies, including socially creative sessions, psychoeducation and both group and 1:1 therapy are provided with an emphasis upon the importance of relationships and the environmental setting. There is a focus on undertaking suitability assessments for the service within the current role alongside delivery of interventions.
We are committed to working in partnership with His Majestys Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), both with Prison and Probation colleagues; this service is a joint enterprise so relies on collaborative working. We also work in partnership with other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice and reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, equitable, high quality services to service users across the Directorate. If this sounds like a directorate you would like to join, we would like you to be part of our team. You should be enthusiastic, motivated service-user focused and enjoy a challenge. Ideally we are looking for someone with prior experience or knowledge of the OPD pathway and prisons and therapies experience.
For further details contact:
Dr Felicity Nichols (Senior Clinical Psychologist and ACORN Joint Clinical Lead)
01949 803473
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc or Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology.
- Must be HCPC registered and able to demonstrate eligibility for registered status as a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist.
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical or Forensic status.
- Further relevant post-qualification training.
Work Experience
Essential
- Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Minimum two years supervised practice developing expertise in forensic clinical psychology practice and in forensic mental health.
- Experience of facilitation of ward/MDT based supervision groups and/or reflective spaces
Desirable
- Experience of delivering specific group programmes
- Experience of training and supervision of staff, MDT colleagues, and other psychologists..
- Experience of clinical audit, service evaluation and research.
- Experience of providing and evaluating evidence based highly specialist psychological interventions to address complex problems and needs of mentally disordered offenders in a forensic service.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Further Training
Essential
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of Clinical /Forensic practice gained through specialist training and supervised practice, e.g. psychotherapy, neuropsychology, risk assessment, and Clinical /Forensic supervision.
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in forensic mental health services and systems gained through specialist training and supervised practice.
Desirable
- Evidence of training in areas relevant to Men's Mental Health forensic service e.g. trauma informed care, CBTp, CBTt, Schema Therapy, EMDR
Aptitudes / Skills
Essential
- Record of clinical effectiveness in a forensic service;
- High level of ability to plan and organise clinical service provision to meet service demands;
- Proven ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams;
- Research Skills;
- IT literacy, e.g. experience of SPSS, databases, spreadsheets;
- Knowledge of legal system/MHA.
- Broad knowledge of models of assessment, management and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in forensic settings.
- Can demonstrate competence in supervision of junior psychology and/or MDT staff and/or psychology trainees
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Groupwork skills
Desirable
- Experience of dissemination of research/service evaluation e.g. Publications.
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Good communication skills;
- Commitment and enthusiasm;
- Reliability & personal integrity
Desirable
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc or Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology.
- Must be HCPC registered and able to demonstrate eligibility for registered status as a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist.
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical or Forensic status.
- Further relevant post-qualification training.
Work Experience
Essential
- Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Minimum two years supervised practice developing expertise in forensic clinical psychology practice and in forensic mental health.
- Experience of facilitation of ward/MDT based supervision groups and/or reflective spaces
Desirable
- Experience of delivering specific group programmes
- Experience of training and supervision of staff, MDT colleagues, and other psychologists..
- Experience of clinical audit, service evaluation and research.
- Experience of providing and evaluating evidence based highly specialist psychological interventions to address complex problems and needs of mentally disordered offenders in a forensic service.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Further Training
Essential
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of Clinical /Forensic practice gained through specialist training and supervised practice, e.g. psychotherapy, neuropsychology, risk assessment, and Clinical /Forensic supervision.
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in forensic mental health services and systems gained through specialist training and supervised practice.
Desirable
- Evidence of training in areas relevant to Men's Mental Health forensic service e.g. trauma informed care, CBTp, CBTt, Schema Therapy, EMDR
Aptitudes / Skills
Essential
- Record of clinical effectiveness in a forensic service;
- High level of ability to plan and organise clinical service provision to meet service demands;
- Proven ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams;
- Research Skills;
- IT literacy, e.g. experience of SPSS, databases, spreadsheets;
- Knowledge of legal system/MHA.
- Broad knowledge of models of assessment, management and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in forensic settings.
- Can demonstrate competence in supervision of junior psychology and/or MDT staff and/or psychology trainees
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Groupwork skills
Desirable
- Experience of dissemination of research/service evaluation e.g. Publications.
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Good communication skills;
- Commitment and enthusiasm;
- Reliability & personal integrity
Desirable
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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.
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.
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).
