Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services

Ministry of Justice; Leyland; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in the UK seeks a registered Forensic Psychologist to provide psychological services in prison settings. The role requires conducting assessments, offering clinical supervision, and delivering specialized training. Eligible candidates must have a professional background in Psychology, with a minimum of two years' post-registration experience, and strong English proficiency. Hybrid working arrangements are available, subject to business needs and normal probation conditions.

Benefits

Generous annual leave policy

Civil Service pension options

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Forensic Psychologist with a professional background in Psychology.
• Experience in providing clinical supervision and completed relevant treatment training.
• Chartered Psychologist status desirable and two years post-registration experience required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and interventions with adult male prisoners.
• Provide training and consultancy in prison settings.
• Deliver OPD core offender management consultation service.

Skills

HCPC registration

Clinical supervision experience

English proficiency

Education

Forensic Psychology background

Post-registration experience

Job description

Overview

NWPS is a well‑established team that provides psychological services across two prison groups (Cumbria and Lancashire and Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire) and two probation regions (North West and Greater Manchester). Our regional approach gives access to a diverse range of work opportunities, including assessment and intervention with adult male prisoners, training, consultancy and research in reception, training and resettlement prisons. We also deliver specialist clinical input to three PIPEs and a Progression Regime and provide the OPD core offender management consultation service for public and privately managed prisons.

Working Arrangements

The MoJ offers hybrid working arrangements where business need allows. This flexible approach blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home (role must be based in the UK). The arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review, with the request for the nearest MoJ office location being decided at the time of offer.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and intervention with adult male prisoners
• Training, consultancy and research in reception, training and resettlement prisons
• Provide specialist clinical input to three PIPEs and a Progression Regime
• Deliver the OPD core offender management consultation service for public and privately managed prisons
• Contribute to an emerging community service and implementation of Building Choices accredited interventions alongside HMPPS colleagues

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Forensic Psychologist
• Professional background in Psychology
• Experience in providing clinical supervision
• Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practice
• Likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and full member of the appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it
• Post holder should have two years post‑registration experience at the point of taking up post
• Spoken and written English proficiency
• Evidence of experience: CV or work history, statement of suitability, effective decision making, leadership, communicating and influencing, working together, developing self and others, managing a quality service

Benefits and Working Life Balance

• Annual leave: holiday year runs from 1 March, pro‑rata basis, and is calculated in hours or days for non‑standard patterns, with 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) added for bank, public and privilege holidays.
• Pension: choice of two Civil Service pension schemes.
• Flexible working subject to satisfactory probationary period.
• Season ticket advance available after two months of service.
• Childcare vouchers may be affected by moves across the Civil Service.
• Training: Equality and diversity, dealing with challenging behaviour, suicide prevention, anti‑bullying programmes, and individual induction programmes are provided.
• Eligibility: all candidates undergo security and identity checks; external candidates face six months probation; internal candidates may be subject to probation if not previously served.
• Declaration of membership in any group or organisation considered racist by HMPPS is required.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, following the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles. As a Disability Confident employer, the MoJ is committed to providing adjustments throughout the recruitment process and work place. Veterans are offered a guaranteed interview scheme under the “Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans” initiative.

Complaints Procedure

Should the recruitment process be perceived to breach recruitment principles, complaints may be raised in the following order:

1. To Transformative Business Services (0345 241 5358 Monday to Friday 8am‑6pm or email [e-mail]);
2. To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing‑management‑[e-mail]);
3. To the Civil Service Commission (details available online).