23695 - Forensic or Clinical Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services - Midlands

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Midlands, Compton, Bingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Season ticket loan

Training and development

Job summary

The Ministry of Justice’s Psychology Services role focuses on assessing risk of harm and reoffending, with duties spanning research, consultancy, staff training and offender interventions.

This non-operational, offender-facing post includes line management and supervision of trainee psychologists, with hybrid working where business needs allow.

Qualifications

• Spoken and written English.
• HCPC registration in place.
• Experience in psychology settings, including supervision.

Responsibilities

• Advise on offender targets and placement for reports such as lifer and parole reports.
• Lead risk assessment and management, including ACCT and self-harm assessments.
• Deliver or oversee complex treatment programmes.
• Supervise trainee forensic psychologists with designated supervision toward chartered status.
• Provide training, mentoring and support to trainees and staff.
• Ensure staff development against competencies and policies.
• Provide specialist consultancy to colleagues and senior management.
• Conduct research with data gathering and analysis.
• Develop strategy and activity plans for programme assessments and interviews.
• Act as professional/expert witness at parole board hearings and in court.
• Maintain continuing professional development and HCPC registration.

Skills

Risk assessment

Clinical supervision

Research

Communication

Leadership

Education

Forensic or Clinical Psychology degree

Job description

This permanent post sits within Psychology Services at the Ministry of Justice, where psychologists work with prisoners and people on probation. The role centres on assessing the risk of harm and reoffending, alongside research, consultancy, staff training and offender interventions. It is a non-operational, offender-facing post with line management duties and designated supervision of trainee psychologists, and it offers hybrid working where business needs allow. Applicants must be HCPC registered and have a professional psychology background.

What the job involves

• Advise on offender targets and placement, and give professional opinion for reports such as lifer and parole reports
• Lead risk assessment and management, and take part in assessments of risk of harm to self, others and reoffending, including ACCT and self-harm assessments
• Deliver or oversee complex treatment programmes
• Supervise trainee forensic psychologists, including designated professional supervision towards chartered and registered status
• Provide training, mentoring and support to trainees and other staff, such as interventions staff
• Ensure staff development against key competencies and gateways, with consistent application of policies and procedures
• Provide specialist consultancy, for example on sexual offending or indeterminate sentenced prisoner strategy, and consultancy to colleagues including the senior management team
• Conduct research, including data gathering and analysis
• Develop strategy and plans of activity for some areas, such as programme assessments and indeterminate sentence interviews
• Act as professional witness at parole board hearings and multi-agency meetings, and as expert witness in court for the Ministry of Justice
• Act as negotiation adviser where competence has been demonstrated
• Maintain own continuing professional development and HCPC registration

What’s required

Qualifications

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

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration in place

Experience

• Professional background in psychology
• Experience of providing clinical supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Spoken and written English
• Civil Service Success Profile behaviours: making effective decisions, leadership, communicating and influencing, working together, developing self and others

Checks & eligibility

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

What’s offered

• Annual leave plus 9 days for bank, public and privilege holidays
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Flexible working and hybrid working where business needs allow
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and development, including promotion programmes
• Loan or secondment for up to 2 years for current NPS employees, subject to approval