23657 - Forensic or Clinical Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services - Youth Custody Services - Forensic Interventions

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wetherby, West Midlands, Burslem; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Civil Service pensions (2 schemes)

Annual leave + holidays

Season ticket loan

Flexible working

Training programs

Diversity training

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain seeks a permanent psychologist within the Psychology Services team of Youth Custody Services, run by HMPPS in the Ministry of Justice. The role covers risk assessment, research, consultancy, staff training, and intervention work, including supervision of trainees.

Hybrid working may be available, UK only, with HCPC registration required. The post involves leading risk assessments, advising on targets and locations, and delivering or overseeing complex treatment

Qualifications

• Qualified forensic or clinical psychologist.
• Completed training in effective models of treatment and best practice.
• HCPC registration as a clinician.
• Professional background in psychology.
• Experience supervising others in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk assessment and risk management for offenders.
• Provide consultancy to teams on psychology services and outcomes.
• Supervise, mentor and support trainee psychologists and staff.
• Act as expert witness in court proceedings for the Ministry of Justice.

Skills

Leadership

Making effective decisions

Communicating and influencing

Working together

Developing self and others

Education

Qualified forensic or clinical psychologist

Training in effective treatment models

Job description

Permanent role in the Psychology Services team within Youth Custody Services, run by HMPPS in the Ministry of Justice. The work centres on risk assessment, research, consultancy, staff training and assessment and intervention work aimed at reducing harm and reoffending. It is non-operational and offender-facing, with line management duties, designated supervision of trainee psychologists, and flexible, part-time or job-share patterns considered. Applicants must hold HCPC registration, and hybrid working may be available, UK only.

What the job involves

• Lead risk assessment and risk management for offenders
• Take part in risk assessments of harm to self and others and of reoffending, including ACCT and self-harm assessments
• Give professional advice on offenders' targets, objectives and suitable location, including relocation to another category establishment
• Provide professional opinion to teams writing reports such as lifer and parole reports
• Provide consultancy to colleagues, including the senior management team, on psychology services and outcomes
• Conduct research, including data gathering and analysis
• Supervise, train, mentor and support trainee psychologists and other staff, including interventions staff
• Ensure staff develop against key competencies and gateways and apply policies and procedures consistently
• Develop strategy and plans of activity, such as managing programme assessments or assessing indeterminate sentence prisoners
• Deliver or oversee complex programmes (treatment management) when required
• Provide consultancy on specialist areas such as sexual offending and indeterminate sentenced prisoner strategies
• Act as professional witness at parole hearings and multi-agency meetings, and as expert witness in court proceedings for the Ministry of Justice

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified forensic or clinical psychologist
• Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practice

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as a clinician

Experience

• Professional background in psychology
• Experience of providing clinical supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Making effective decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and influencing
• Working together
• Developing self and others

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Eligibility under Civil Service nationality rules
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Declaration of any membership of a group or organisation HMPPS considers racist

Other

• Spoken and written English

What’s offered

• Hybrid working where business need allows, UK only
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Annual leave, plus 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) for bank, public and privilege holidays
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Flexible working, subject to a satisfactory probationary period
• Training and development, including equality, suicide prevention and promotion programmes
• Security and diversity training and individual induction