Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

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


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in prison setting
  • Experience of supervising multi-disciplinary teams including Prison staff
  • Experience of working within OPD pathway

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional registration
  • Trained and experienced in delivering at least 2 psychological therapies
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in prison setting
  • Experience of supervising multi-disciplinary teams including Prison staff
  • Experience of working within OPD pathway

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional registration
  • Trained and experienced in delivering at least 2 psychological therapies

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Swinfen Hall

Lichfield

WS149QT


Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Swinfen Hall

Lichfield

WS149QT


Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Psychologist

Rachel Roberts

rachel.roberts@nhft.nhs.uk

01543484123

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


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)