Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Forensic Services

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Billericay; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Billericay seeks a HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing psychological assessment and therapy, with a focus on clients in forensic services. Candidates should have relevant training and experience in mental health care. This role includes flexible working options and comprehensive benefits, including generous holiday entitlement and pension scheme.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts including NHS offers

£8K relocation package

Interest-free season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Must be a HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience in mental health care, particularly with forensic clients is required.
• Ability to work across locality and interagency boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• Utilise research skills for audit and service development.
• Offer psychological care advice to colleagues.
• Use evidence-based psychological therapies.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Counselling

Forensic psychology

CBT

DBT

Family therapy

Psychological assessment

Education

HCPC Registered Psychologist

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. An excellent opportunity has arisen for a HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist to join the Essex Specialist Community Forensic multidisciplinary team based at Heath Close, Billericay. This is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of highly experienced professionals with a diverse background of working within mental healthcare. The team offers expertise in working with service users within forensic services and specific skills such as CBT, DBT, Behavioural Family Therapy and specialist risk assessment (eg HCR 20).

The team are an Essex wide service which was set up as part of the NHS New Care Models initiative aiming to transform services for forensic service users across the county. Our aim is to facilitate and support discharge and repatriation of service users from low and medium secure care back into the community across Essex and to reduce the length of stay in secure settings. Through this we are working to improve outcomes for this group of individuals through intensive support. Our model of care is recovery based with a focus on empowerment of individuals to foster their wellbeing, self-esteem and to realise their full potential on the road to independence.

The role sits within the wider Forensic Psychological Services Department which comprises clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists, trainee psychologists, assistant psychologists and psychology undergraduate placement students.

The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to those referred to the team. Where appropriate, the post holder will also take a lead in ensuring that family therapy or family interventions are available to those seen within the service.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will be required to work across locality and interagency boundaries to meet the needs of a highly complex client group.
• The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• The post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
• The post holder will offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist/psychotherapist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
• The post holder will use appropriate evidence based psychological therapies.

Valuing you

Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you. Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential. Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks. If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling. We run recognition awards to recognise staff\'s hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full list of responsibilities for this role.

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Mar 2026