Forensic Psychologist

Bramley Health; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in the UK seeks a part-time Forensic Psychologist to join their team at the Langford Centre. The successful candidate will conduct assessments and psychological interventions, ensuring quality care for service users in a highly regarded facility. Essential qualifications include HCPC registration and experience with challenging behaviour assessment. This role offers professional development opportunities and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Career advancement opportunities

Retail discounts

Travel discounts for holidays

Energy bill savings

Online courses

Environmental initiatives

24/7 confidential counselling

Qualifications

• Professional registration with HCPC required.
• Experience in formulating treatment plans and assessing behaviours.
• Skilled in psychometric testing and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological interviews and assessments.
• Formulate and implement psychotherapeutic intervention plans.
• Run and evaluate psychological tests.

Skills

Professional registration as a Psychologist with the HCPC

Experience assessing challenging behaviour

Proficiency in administering psychometric testing

Familiarity with the Care Programme Approach (CPA)

Experience with indirect clinical work

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

Responsibilities of the Forensic Psychologist include:

1. Conduct psychological interviews, derive information from self-report measures, rating scales, psychometrics (where necessary), direct and indirect structured observations.
2. Provide psychotherapeutic assessments.
3. Be skilled in risk assessment and management.
4. Run and evaluate psychological tests, providing feedback sensitively.
5. Formulate and implement plans for formal psychotherapeutic intervention and/or management of clients' mental health problems.
6. Assess, formulate, and implement psychotherapeutic programmes for the specific clinical area.

About you, the successful Forensic Psychologist

Essential:

• Professional registration as a Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Experience assessing challenging behaviour, formulating underlying functions and needs, and designing behavioural or treatment plans accordingly.
• Proficiency in administering psychometric testing and incorporating results into assessment, formulation, and care packages.
• Familiarity with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Experience with indirect clinical work, such as consultation with multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable:

• Post-qualification training in therapeutic approaches like CBT, CAT, DBT, or Systemic Psychotherapy.
• Experience working with diverse ethnic backgrounds in a forensic environment.
• Experience teaching, training, and supervising other professionals.
• Experience running therapeutic groups and working within a rehabilitation setting.

Benefits of being part of the Bramley Group:

• Training and development opportunities
• Career advancement opportunities
• Retail discounts (food, clothes, electronics)
• Travel discounts for holidays
• Energy bill savings
• Online courses (virtual, live, interactive)
• Environmental initiatives (plant trees, save turtles)
• 24/7 confidential counselling

If you're interested in learning more about the Forensic Psychologist role, please apply today!