Clinical or Counselling Psychologist & Specialist Community Forensic Service

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Billericay; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Essex is seeking an HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist to join their multidisciplinary team in Billericay. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessments and therapies, working with complex clients, and contributing to service development. Candidates should have HCPC registration and experience in evidence-based therapies. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a recovery-focused team aimed at facilitating positive outcomes for service users.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Excellent pension provision

Staff discounts

Relocation package up to £8K

Interest-free season ticket loans

Flexible working from day one

Qualifications

• HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience in providing psychological assessments and therapies.
• Ability to work autonomously and in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Work across locality and interagency boundaries.
• Utilise research skills for auditing and service development.

Skills

CBT

DBT

Behavioural Family Therapy

Specialist risk assessment

Education

HCPC Registration

Doctorate in Psychology

Job description

Overview

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 is an Essex-wide service established as part of the NHS New Care Models initiative 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 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.

The post holder will be required to:

• Work across locality and interagency boundaries to meet the needs of a highly complex client group.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team\'s policies and procedures.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
• Offer advice and consultation on clients\' psychological care to non-psychologist/psychotherapist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
• Use appropriate evidence-based psychological therapies.

Working for our organisation

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.
• As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities; we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly. We would advise, due to the high number of applications we receive, that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and governance

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important guidance

Important Notice: The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 require individuals directly employed to work in a Care Home or deployed to a CQC registered care home to have had both COVID vaccinations, unless exempt. This is a requirement of this role and will form part of pre-employment checks.

Please note: staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. If a post is considered suitable alternative employment for an at-risk individual, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post may be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients across community health, mental health and learning disability services in Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk. We are committed to transforming care and supporting our patients and their families.

Benefits include:

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years\' service.
• Excellent pension provision up to 14.5% of pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts including Blue Light Card and NHS offers.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us.
• Season ticket loans (interest-free) for travel to and from work.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.