Psychological Therapist
The closing date is 28 November 2025
Job summary
The Inspires service is part of the national Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway and comprises of 4 services within HMP Swinfen Hall: a Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE), a residential treatment (Delta Enabling Environment), a non-residential treatment service (NRTS) and an Enhanced Support Service (ESS) working with service users housed across the prison. Our service users, who are aged between 18 and 28, have histories of trauma and complex presentations.
We are looking for psychological therapist for our treatment service which provides psychological interventions and support for a small number of service users who cause significant disruption within the prison. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Psychotherapist to join a successful, and innovative service working with young adults in prison. The successful candidate will join a large, multi-disciplinary team providing outstanding opportunities for professional development. You will also benefit from being part of NHFT's Specialist and Secured Services Psychology network.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve:
Delivering person centred, therapeutic interventions to young adults presenting with challenging behaviour
Delivering groups and individual therapy utilising some of the following models: DBT, CFT, psychodynamic, systemic, EMDR and MBT.
Completing case formulations
Providing clinical supervision and reflective practice for prison officers
Consultation and advice for wider prison
Delivering training to wider prison
Service evaluation and development
The service utilises a relational approach and a flexible, person-centred model to meet the needs of individual service users. T
You will also need to be able to provide core psychological and therapeutic interventions in line with trauma informed care. In doing so, you will be responsible for adhering to relevant service Operational Procedures and Trust policies along with professional ethics and standards.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Details
Date posted
14 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
270-TG490-MH
Job locations
HMP Swinfen Hall
Lichfield
WS149QT
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Swinfen Hall
Lichfield
WS149QT
Employer's website
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