Job summary
Band 7 Clinical or Forensic Psychologist - Forensic CMHTLocation: Coventry | Contract: 20-month Fixed Term or Secondment | Hours: Full-time (WTE) | Registration: HCPC
We are seeking a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist with a strong foundation in community mental health and experience working with individuals with forensic histories, offending behaviours, or contact with the criminal justice system.
Following significant new investment, the Forensic Community Mental Health Team is expanding and rebranding, offering an opportunity to help shape offender-informed care across Coventry and Warwickshire. This role suits newly qualified psychologists consolidating forensic skills, or experienced practitioners wishing to broaden their practice within a multidisciplinary CMHT.
The post will involve establishing a clinic within a local remand prison; improving transition pathways from secure services to the community; embedding forensic expertise within CMHTs; providing consultation, formulation, and specialist advice; delivering targeted community-based psychological interventions; supporting co-production and collaborative service development; contributing to forensic training for CWPT staff; and supporting research and service evaluation to inform future service development.
Main duties of the job
What You'll Be Doing
- Provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention to adults with complex mental health presentations, including those with forensic histories, personality difficulties, trauma histories, psychosis, or high-risk behaviours.
- Contribute psychological expertise to multi-agency risk assessment and risk management planning, including working collaboratively with probation, approved premises, social care, and all other external and internal partners.
- Offer consultation, supervision, and psychological formulation to MDT colleagues, influencing care planning, crisis planning, and risk-related decision-making.
- Deliver both individual and group-based psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines and service protocols.
- Support service development, audit, research and clinical governance activities.
- Provide supervision to assistant psychologists and contribute to training for other professionals, where appropriate.
- Work autonomously within HCPC standards, professional guidelines, and Trust policies.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About You
Were looking for someone who brings warmth, curiosity, and strong clinical thinking, someone who wants to grow within a supportive team while helping us build something new. We are looking for a psychologist who can support the team and wider community mental health services to formulate and support offenders with serious and enduring mental health needs.
Why Join CWPT?
Supportive, enthusiastic team
Weekly supervision and excellent CPD
Dedicated time for reflective practice
Opportunity to shape a pioneering forensic project
Essential Requirements
Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology
HCPC registration
Experience with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
Experience working with forensic or risk presentations
Desirable
Experience with psychosis, personality disorder and trauma
Experience using structured risk assessment tools
Please see attached job description for full details of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About You
Were looking for someone who brings warmth, curiosity, and strong clinical thinking, someone who wants to grow within a supportive team while helping us build something new. We are looking for a psychologist who can support the team and wider community mental health services to formulate and support offenders with serious and enduring mental health needs.
Why Join CWPT?
Supportive, enthusiastic team
Weekly supervision and excellent CPD
Dedicated time for reflective practice
Opportunity to shape a pioneering forensic project
Essential Requirements
Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology
HCPC registration
Experience with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
Experience working with forensic or risk presentations
Desirable
Experience with psychosis, personality disorder and trauma
Experience using structured risk assessment tools
Please see attached job description for full details of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- DClin Psych or equivalent qualification in clinical or counselling psychology
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people and their carer's in SCMH, or with people with complex mental health needs in different settings
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
- Experience of working in community settings
- Experience of team working
- Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues
- Experience of clinical trials and research, and an ability to deliver a protocol intervention as required
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and the legal context. Evidence of continuing professional development
- Keen to participate in the development of a new style of service
- Committed to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with other members with the Psychological Services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- DClin Psych or equivalent qualification in clinical or counselling psychology
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people and their carer's in SCMH, or with people with complex mental health needs in different settings
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
- Experience of working in community settings
- Experience of team working
- Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues
- Experience of clinical trials and research, and an ability to deliver a protocol intervention as required
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and the legal context. Evidence of continuing professional development
- Keen to participate in the development of a new style of service
- Committed to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with other members with the Psychological Services
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).
