Principal Psychologist

Practice Plus Group; Lancashire; In loco; GBP 67.000 - 82.000; Part-time

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Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when you need it

Career development opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

Practice Plus Group is seeking a Principal Psychologist to lead and grow the integrated Mental Health service at HMP Garth in Lancashire. The role focuses on trauma-informed care, clinical oversight of the IMHT, and development of psychological services within a prison setting.

You will conduct assessments, support complex formulations, and deliver individual and group interventions while overseeing staff development and training.

Competenze

• HCPC registered psychologist with suitable postgraduate training.
• Experience delivering psychological therapies in complex settings.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care approaches and risk assessment.

Mansioni

• Support development and embedding of a trauma-informed mental health service model across sites.
• Provide clinical oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT).
• Undertake psychological assessments and formulate cases.
• Support complex multidisciplinary formulations.
• Deliver psychological interventions for complex cases.
• Deliver and oversee 1:1 and group interventions as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme.
• Contribute to teaching and training of healthcare and prison staff.

Conoscenze

HCPC registered

Trauma-informed care

Clinical psychology

Formazione

Postgraduate qualification in psychological therapies

Descrizione del lavoro

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Health team at HMP Garth.

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Health team at HMP Garth.

HMP Garth, a category B Category B men's prison, located in the village of Ulnes Walton, in Lancashire. The site houses around 800 patients aged 21+. We are seeking a strong clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist who has previously worked within a fully integrated mental health service, and understands the needs of the Psychological services required and delivered within a prison healthcare setting. As part of this role you will be managing an Assistant Psychologist as well as developing the psychological services at the site.

Hours

2.5 days per week between Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

If you are looking for full time position we can offer additional sessions working at HMP Wymott.

Salary

You’ll receive an annual salary of up to £74,896 per annum - depending on experience FTE, which will be pro rata for the part time hours.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

As a Principal Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Support the development and embedding of a trauma-informed mental health service model across sites
• Offer clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT)
• Undertake psychological assessments
• Support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
• Deliver psychological interventions to cases of complexity
• Deliver and oversee 1:1 and group intervention as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
• Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff where required
• Contribute to the development of audit, service evaluation and research profile as appropriate

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• We treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated
• We act with integrity
• We embrace diversity
• We strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist and registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist;
• Postgraduate qualification/training in at least one specific mode of psychological therapy relevant to people with severe and long standing mental health difficulties eg: CBT, Systemic /family therapy, Mindfulness based therapies, CAT, DBT, Mentalisation, Schema Therapy
• Critical awareness of a range of psychological models applicable to delivering psychological approaches in remand prisons .
• A working knowledge of current good practice and recent government policies relating to health services and professional guidelines;

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.