Forensic Psychologist

Bramley Health; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health hospital seeks a part-time Forensic Psychologist to provide specialized assessments and implement psychological interventions. This role, based at the Langford Centre in Bexhill on Sea, offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Career advancement opportunities

Retail discounts

Travel discounts

Energy bill savings

Online courses

24/7 confidential counselling

Qualifications

• Experience with Challenging Behavior and behavioral treatment plans.
• Familiarity with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Experience in indirect clinical work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological interviews and assessments.
• Formulate psychotherapeutic intervention plans.
• Evaluate and run psychological tests.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Risk assessment

Consultation with teams

Education

Professional Registration as a Psychologist with HCPC

Tools

Psychometric testing

Job description

We have an opportunity for a Forensic Psychologist, to join our Psychology department at the Langford Centre, working part time 2/3 days per week, across our acute wards.

Based in Bexhill on Sea, The Langford Centre is a highly regarded mental health hospital, with 73 service users with a range of conditions, being treated over 6 wards.

As Forensic Psychologist you'll deliver a specialist service, to run assessments and evaluations to implement psychological interventions. Enabling the effective delivery of our psychology programme.

Responsibilities Of The Forensic Psychologist Post Include

• You will be responsible for conducting psychological interviews, deriving information from self-report measures, rating scales, psychometrics (where necessary), direct and indirect structured observations etc.
• Provide psychotherapeutic assessments.
• You must be skilled in risk assessment and management.
• You will be responsible, for running and evaluating psychological tests, providing feedback sensitively.
• Formulate and implement plans for formal psychotherapeutic intervention and/or management of a client's mental health problems.
• To be responsible for the assessment, formulation and implementation of psychotherapeutic programmes, for the specific clinical area.
  
  

A full list of duties is available upon request.

Essential

About you, the successful Forensic Psychologist

• Professional Registration as a Psychologist with the HCPC
• Experience of assessing Challenging Behaviour, formulating underlying functions and needs, and designing behavioural or treatment plans accordingly.
• Proficiency in and experienced with administering psychometric testing, and incorporating results into assessment and formulation, and the design of care packages.
• Familiarity with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Experience of indirect clinical work, such as consultation with multi-disciplinary teams to support their therapeutic interventions with service users.
  
  

Desirable

• Post qualification training in one or more therapeutic approaches, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy, or Systemic Psychotherapy.
• Experience of working with Service Users from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds in a forensic environment.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervising members of other professional groups, such as Nurses and Therapeutic Care Workers.
• Experience of running therapeutic groups for service users with mental health problems.
• Experience of working with adults within a rehabilitation setting.
  
  

Being Part Of The Bramley Group, You Can Expect

• Training and development opportunities
• Career advancement opportunities
• Retail discounts including food shopping, clothes, electronics
• Travel discounts for holidays
• Energy bill savings
• Online courses virtual, live and interactive to upskill yourself
• Help the planet, plant trees, save turtles!
• 24/7 confidential counselling
  
  

If you are interested in finding out more about the Forensic Psychologist role, then please apply today!

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