Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Specialist Community Forensic Service

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Billericay; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Billericay seeks an HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist to provide specialist assessment and therapy within a multidisciplinary forensic team. The role includes working with complex clients, performing psychological assessments, and contributing to service development. Excellent benefits include 27 days holiday, pension contributions, and relocation support. A commitment to equality and wellbeing services is emphasized.

Benefits

27 days holiday

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts

£8k relocation package

Interest-free season ticket loans

Flexible working

Qualifications

• HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience in forensic psychology and evidence-based psychological therapies.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to team referrals.
• Work across locality and interagency boundaries to meet complex client needs.
• Utilise research skills for audit and service development.

Skills

HCPC registration

CBT

DBT

Family therapy

Psychological assessment

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Job description

Overview

An excellent opportunity for a HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Practitioner Psychologist to join the Essex Specialist Community Forensic multidisciplinary team based at Heath Close, Billericay. The team comprises experienced mental health professionals and offers expertise in working with forensic service users, including CBT, DBT, Behavioural Family Therapy and specialist risk assessment (e.g., HCR 20).

The team was set up as part of the NHS New Care Models initiative to transform services for forensic service users across Essex, facilitating discharge and repatriation from low and medium secure care back into the community and reducing the length of stay in secure settings. The model of care is recovery‑based, focusing on empowerment, wellbeing, self‑esteem and independence.

Role

The post sits within the Forensic Psychological Services Department, which includes 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 and, where appropriate, take a lead in ensuring that family therapy or family interventions are available to those seen within the service.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Additional Support

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive community and connect through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• Access mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• Recognition awards to acknowledge staff's hard work and dedication.
• Initial DBS check costs incurred by the employee, deducted from the first salary.

Legal Information

The Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourages applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability Confident status and encourage applications from people with a disability. If you require this application form in another format (Braille, audio tape, etc.), please contact the Recruitment Department.

All staff are required to undergo robust safer recruitment processes. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

COVID‑19 vaccination is required for anyone directly employed to work in a care home or who are deployed to a CQC registered care home.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts (Blue Light Card, NHS discount, etc.).
• £8 k relocation package for moving to Essex.
• Season ticket loans, interest‑free.
• Flexible working available from day one for most roles.