Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Banks; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when needed

Induction training

Career development opportunities

Learning Management System

Support to grow in role

Competency framework

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is recruiting a psychologist to join the integrated mental health team at HMP Garth, working 2.5 days per week with potential to extend to full time. You will lead the team, supervise an assistant psychologist, conduct assessments and formulations, and deliver targeted interventions in a challenging prison setting.

You will require HCPC registration and postgraduate therapy training, with experience in integrated mental health services, and you will engage in

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist.
• Postgraduate training in at least one therapy (CBT, DBT, etc.).
• HCPC registered.
• Experience in integrated mental health services.
• Knowledge of prison health policy and risk assessment practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within the Integrated Mental Health Team.
• Supervise an assistant psychologist.
• Conduct psychological assessments and interpret data.
• Deliver individual and group interventions, including Making Sense programme.
• Lead service development projects with multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide training to healthcare and prison staff.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Assessment & formulations

Interventions delivery

Staff supervision

Education

Qualified psychologist (clinical/counselling/forensic)

Postgraduate therapy training

Job description

This psychologist post sits in the integrated mental health team at HMP Garth, a category B men's prison with around 800 patients, run by Practice Plus Group's Health in Justice service. The work centres on clinical leadership: managing an assistant psychologist, carrying out assessments and formulations, delivering individual and group interventions, and developing psychological services at the site. It is a 2.5-day-a-week role, with extra sessions at HMP Wymott available to make it full time. Candidates must already hold the right to work in the UK, and any offer is subject to vetting and security checks.

What the job involves

• 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
• Manage and supervise an assistant psychologist
• Undertake psychological assessments and interpret complex data from a range of sources
• Support complex multidisciplinary formulations and treatment planning
• Deliver psychological interventions to cases of complexity, including structured and dynamic risk assessments
• Deliver and oversee 1:1 and group interventions on the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
• Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff
• Attend ACCT and segregation reviews and offer psychological opinion
• Contribute to audit, service evaluation and research
• Supervise trainee psychologists and manage their placements
• Lead service development projects with the wider multidisciplinary team

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist
• Postgraduate training in at least one psychological therapy suited to severe and long-standing mental health difficulties (e.g. CBT, systemic/family, mindfulness-based, CAT, DBT, mentalisation, schema therapy)

Registration & licences

• Registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist

Experience

• Previous work within a fully integrated mental health service

Skills & knowledge

• Critical awareness of psychological models applicable to delivering psychological approaches in remand prisons
• Working knowledge of current good practice, recent government policy on health services and professional guidelines

Checks & eligibility

• Legal right to work in the UK
• Passing additional vetting and security checks

What’s offered

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline
• Financial assistance when needed
• Bespoke induction, including the Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Bespoke Learning Management System
• Support to grow in role and continue professional development
• Competency framework