Job summary
The Community Forensic Team has an exciting opportunity for a six-month fixed-term Assistant Psychologist post. We are seeking applications for individuals who have a BPS recognised Degree in Psychology and are looking for experience in a forensic community setting. You will work alongside the whole MDT, but in particular our teams, Forensic/Clinical Psychologist and Trainee Forensic Psychologist. You will complete both direct and indirect clinical work with our patient group, alongside service development.
Please note that this is currently under review to align with the wider forensic psychology provisions.
This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received.
Main duties of the job
The Community Forensic Team work with service users to support them to live their best lives in the community. We do this by providing specialist assessments and interventions for our patient group including those within the transforming care cohort. We work with mentally disordered offenders who present a significant risk of harm to others by nature of their mental disorder, including those registered at MAPPA and those subject to conditional discharge under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.
Please see the job description and person specification for more detail.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.
Please see the job description and person specification for more detail.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours Degree (minimum 2:1) in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society with Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR)
Desirable
- oMasters degree in forensic psychology or forensic undergraduate modules completed
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems or complex needs
- Knowledge and experience of applying of research methodology
- Application of knowledge on psychological theory acquired through Psychology Degree to assessment and intervention
Desirable
- Experience working with people with forensic backgrounds in any setting
- Experience of risk assessment
Skills
Essential
- High level of computer literacy, Power Point, Excel, SPSS etc.
- Good written skills, including report writing
- Good verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with clients on a one-to-one basis or group setting
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to develop good working relationships with clients and multidisciplinary colleagues
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues in a constructive and understandable way
- Ability to adapt communication style if barriers to understanding and/or expression are present
- Ability to be empathic and understand challenging behaviour
- Ability to deal sensitively with highly emotive/hostile situations
- A good level of analytical and judgemental skills
- Excellent organisational skills including ability to administer and score psychometric assessments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours Degree (minimum 2:1) in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society with Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR)
Desirable
- oMasters degree in forensic psychology or forensic undergraduate modules completed
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems or complex needs
- Knowledge and experience of applying of research methodology
- Application of knowledge on psychological theory acquired through Psychology Degree to assessment and intervention
Desirable
- Experience working with people with forensic backgrounds in any setting
- Experience of risk assessment
Skills
Essential
- High level of computer literacy, Power Point, Excel, SPSS etc.
- Good written skills, including report writing
- Good verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with clients on a one-to-one basis or group setting
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to develop good working relationships with clients and multidisciplinary colleagues
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues in a constructive and understandable way
- Ability to adapt communication style if barriers to understanding and/or expression are present
- Ability to be empathic and understand challenging behaviour
- Ability to deal sensitively with highly emotive/hostile situations
- A good level of analytical and judgemental skills
- Excellent organisational skills including ability to administer and score psychometric assessments
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.
