Job summary
Clinical/Forensic Psychologist or Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist North London Forensic Service- HMP PentonvilleBand 7 Psychologist/Psychotherapist/Psychological Therapist OrBand 6 Psychologist due to qualify within 12 months of starting the post.
Are you looking for somewhere to establish your career in Mental Health or perhaps looking for a change? Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills and trauma-informed practice? The North London Forensic Service is recruiting a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist to join our team at HMP Pentonville. We are looking for someone experienced to join our diverse and innovative Therapies team.The successful candidate will support the provision of psychological interventions at HMP Pentonville. This will include the provision of highly specialist and expert psychological assessment and interventions, in addition to offering supervision, training and reflective practice to psychology staff and other clinicians within the mental health team, as appropriate. You will also work with the Senior and Lead Psychologists to support the development and implementation of a trauma informed system of care in the prison
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for PrisonHealthcare. The post holder will support the therapies team to ensure they work to an agreed operational policy and offer integrated triage, assessment and intervention to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.
To provide a qualified specialist psychology service to patients under the care of the Mental Health team and Therapies Service within the Prison. The role includes providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and theoverall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
About us
BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) andcommunity Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care. BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which is the lead provider of forensic mental health services; that managed the devolved New Models of care budget, it delivers MH care across some of the prisons, and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC. We also provide one of the largest eating disorder services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems or behavioural difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptualframework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting andrefining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems or behavioural difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptualframework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting andrefining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Doctoral or Masters level training in forensic psychology with full competencies completed.
- Doctoral training in Counselling Psychology
- UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
- Registration with HCPC/UKCP/BACP/B ABCP
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of working within a forensic setting/service (ideally prison environment) either in a B7 role, or as a trainee.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems
- Experience of teaching, training and providing supervision
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional group
Desirable
- Skill in the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with mentally disordered offenders.
- Trained in the ADOS/ADI-R
- Formal training in supervision.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate,
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Doctoral or Masters level training in forensic psychology with full competencies completed.
- Doctoral training in Counselling Psychology
- UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
- Registration with HCPC/UKCP/BACP/B ABCP
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of working within a forensic setting/service (ideally prison environment) either in a B7 role, or as a trainee.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems
- Experience of teaching, training and providing supervision
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional group
Desirable
- Skill in the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with mentally disordered offenders.
- Trained in the ADOS/ADI-R
- Formal training in supervision.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate,
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).
