Band 6 Specialist Psychological Practitioner - Cameo, HMP Foston Hall

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Specialist Psychological Practitioner to join their team at HMP Foston Hall. The role involves delivering psychological interventions to support service users with complex needs, conducting assessments, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should possess a degree in a relevant field and experience in mental health settings. Competitive salary of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum offered.

Qualifications

• Degree in Education, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, or equivalent with significant professional practice.
• Experience working with individuals with complex emotional and behavioral difficulties.
• Experience delivering individual and group psychological interventions.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering individual and group interventions.
• Conduct assessments and support risk management.
• Provide psychologically informed advice and training.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Complex emotional difficulties

Individual psychological interventions

Group psychological interventions

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

Go back Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Specialist Psychological Practitioner - Cameo, HMP Foston Hall

The closing date is 05 October 2025

BSMHFT invite applications from enthusiastic, innovative, and resilient professionals to join our expanding Secure Care and Offender Health Services (SCOH), to the role of a Specialist Psychological Practitioner.

We are recruiting for a permanent vacancy at CAMEO, a Personality Disorder service based at HMP Foston Hall. CAMEO is a specialist, intensive day treatment personality disorder service for high-risk women with complex needs. The service offers a range of psychological interventions, aiming to alleviate distress for the individual, improve emotional regulation and reduce levels of risk. CAMEO is part of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPD) and is a partnership service between BSMHFT, HMPPS and Anawim, a third sector Women\'s charity. Our services are passionate about providing person centered, trauma informed care, and providing the best possible care experience for our service users.

We welcome applications from people interested in working with complex presentations, balancing clinical need with risk management. A core part will be to work alongside colleagues from a range of disciplines sharing psychological knowledge and consistently improving the psychological mindedness of the service. We are looking for people from a range of diverse backgrounds with an interest in working with and enhancing the lives of people who have experienced adverse life experiences and have a history of offending behaviour.

Main duties of the job

Post holders, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, will assist in delivering a range of individual and group interventions addressing emotional, behavioural and relational factors in order to improve service users\' recovery and wellbeing. The post holders will support the direct assessment, formulation, and delivery of interventions to address the full range of complex forensic mental health problems. They will also contribute to the production of risk assessments and be key in providing psychologically informed advice and support for those directly involved in the care of the individual. They would also support training, supervision, and evaluation of the delivery of individual behavioural management plans, risk management activity and service user involvement. The post holders should have some experience in providing some supervision to a staff group and be able to identify and co-ordinate the need for systemic support. Ideally, post holders may also have a background in some of the following: teaching, counselling, social work, family work or nursing.

We are looking for enthusiastic, robust, resilient, creative, and innovative Specialist Psychological Practitioners interested in working with people who have complex presentations, encompassing risk, personality difficulties and mental health. The service has identified resources supporting continuing professional development, including excellent multi-model supervision structures.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people\'s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Education (PGCE or equivalent), Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Psychotherapy, RMN, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapy, with significant years professional practice.

Experience

• Recognise relevance and application of evidence-based practice and evidence of CPD.
• Experience of working with individuals with complex emotional and behavioural difficulties
• Experience in delivering individual psychological interventions.
• Experience in delivering group psychological interventions. Recent experience in a mental health or equivalent setting

Skills

• Ability to reflect on clinical practice/intervention. Understanding the needs and demands of working with clients with complex developmental and social backgrounds.
• Understanding the impact of social circumstance, race, ethnicity, culture and gender on personality development. Ability to work effectively with service user representatives.

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.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, per annum