Practitioner Psychologist

NHS; Croydon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist in Croydon. This role involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions to residents with complex needs, supporting a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have post-graduate training, clinical experience, and ability to lead best practices in a supportive environment. The position offers competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Employer Pension Contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance Scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration is essential.
• Experience working as a qualified clinical and/or forensic psychologist.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision to the team.
• Conduct psychological assessments for residents.
• Drive the delivery of evidence-based interventions.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Clinical assessments

Safeguarding protocols

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology

HCPC Registration

Job description

Overview

Are you a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist looking to take an opportunity to make a tangible difference to the lives of individuals with complex forensic mental health needs? In this role you'll thrive in a creative and evolving environment to support our residents and staff to feel empowered utilising your skills and expertise.

Main duties

Job Title: Practitioner Psychologist
Location: Based in Croydon. Unfortunately this service does not have step free access.
Shift Pattern: 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 09:00 - 17:00, with some flexibility required by service needs. Working days can be agreed upon at next stages of the interview process.

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Registered Practitioner Psychologist with a background in clinical psychology to join our team in Croydon. The service offers a psychologically informed environment across four sites, providing low to high support forensic mental health services to residents with forensic mental health needs, complex conditions, and dual diagnosis. You will drive the delivery of evidence based psychological assessments and interventions aimed at rehabilitation and reintegration into the community. This is a creative, evolving and impactful role which works closely with the Group Psychological Lead and wider teams to provide support to staff and, at times, residents, to support a streamlined and psychologically informed service.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide advice, guidance, and support to the team with supporting residents to overcome personal challenges and create a supportive environment
• Advise and streamline best practices, and enhance the overall skills and expertise of the team to deliver high quality care and support
• Provide clinical supervision to the team
• Provide highly specialised psychological assessments for residents with mental health and complex needs
• Exercise full clinical responsibility for residents' psychological care as a care coordinator within a multidisciplinary team
• Formulate and implement plans for various therapy routes and management of assessing mental health conditions based upon appropriate conceptual frameworks and evidence-based practices

About You

We're looking for someone who is a self-starter, able to proactively encourage, take leadership and ownership for creating a psychologically informed environment. You will be able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively within the organisation and with external partners, collaborating with external stakeholders regularly in a multidisciplinary approach. You will be able to utilise your own expertise and support in empowering the wider team to enhance their skills to deliver a service which is supportive, safe, and in line with best practice for the organisation and external regulatory bodies.

• HCPC Registration is essential
• Post-graduate doctoral level training as a Registered Practitioner Psychologist including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• Previous experience working as a qualified clinical and/or forensic psychologist, including working with people with complex backgrounds/needs and a good understanding of the sector we run our services in
• Ability to teach, train, consult, and deliver clinical supervision
• Understanding of criminology, psychology, and behavioural patterns, and how they link to different behaviours and engagement
• Ability to understand and apply safeguarding protocols as they arise
• Ability and willingness to show flexibility in working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents
• Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

What we Offer

• 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
• Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards
• EDI Ambassador programme

About Social Interest Group (SIG)

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.

We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future. Further details can be found on our website.

Additional Information

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

Please note that as part of our process we complete an enhanced DBS check; some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration
• Clinical or Forensic Psychology

Experience

• Previous experience working as a qualified clinical and/or forensic psychologist, including working with people with complex backgrounds/needs and a good understanding of the sector we run our services in
• Previous experience in a similar role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£55,000 a year£60,000 full time equivalent salary