Senior Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services - Safety Team (Ref: 12864)

HM Prison and Probation Service; Folly Gate; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental body in the UK is seeking a Senior Psychologist to provide targeted psychological support in prisons. The ideal candidate will collaborate with multiple departments to deliver assessments and interventions that enhance safety outcomes. Responsibilities include oversight of the safety support program and innovation in approaches to mitigate risks within the prison environment. This role offers diverse working options, a comprehensive Civil Service pension, and a commitment to inclusion and diversity.

Benefits

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Inclusion and diversity culture

Civil Service pension with employer contribution

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Season Ticket Advance

Qualifications

• Experience in providing clinical supervision.
• Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and strategic input into the delivery of targeted safety support.
• Collaborate and influence departments, agencies, and teams.
• Conduct assessments and interventions to reduce the risk of harm.

Skills

Written and spoken English

Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Developing Self and Others

Leadership

Making Effective Decisions

Managing a Quality Service

Working Together

Education

Professional background in Psychology

Chartered Psychologist membership

Job description

The Safety Support Approach (SSA) has been designed to provide additional safety support, particularly increasing psychologist support, to prisons with the overall goal to improve safety outcomes. SSA covers foundation, sustained and targeted levels of support, with the National Psychology Safety Team now recruiting Senior Psychologists to provide "targeted" support. The targeted approach is an integrated operational and psychological approach, to effectively support prisons to address the risks and needs that have been identified, through data and evidence available. Identified products will require development, piloting and testing, alongside evaluation and whilst these have yet to be formally agreed, they are likely to cover the breadth of psychologist competencies (assessment, intervention, research, consultancy and training). The goal is to create evidence‑based safety approaches and products, which if successful in targeted prisons, can offer a preventative and proactive foundation offer for all sites.

The job holder will join a growing team of psychologists in the National Psychology Safety Team with a vision to innovate and provide direct support to identified prisons. They will work in collaboration with the National Safety Group, demonstrating a fully integrated approach with joint decision making and governance and are expected to possess skills required to collaborate and influence across a range of departments, agencies, teams and prisons. The job holder will be working with complex individuals and staff and applying their experience and competence in the area of psychology to reduce the risk of harm and improve safety outcomes by undertaking assessments and interventions (individual and/or group), conducting research, providing consultancy and co‑designing/ delivering training for staff. As a Senior Psychologist, the job holder will be expected to provide oversight and strategic input into the delivery of the targeted safety support offer, working closely with Principal Psychologists and the Lead Psychologist for Safety.

Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Qualifications

• Possess a professional background in Psychology
• Experience in providing clinical supervision
• Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practice
• They are likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and full member of the appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it

Languages

• Written and spoken English
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Developing Self and Others
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Benefits

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

Nationality requirements: This role is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein (and their settled or pre‑settled family members), nationals who have a valid application for settled or pre‑settled status under the EUSS, individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020, and Turkish nationals (and certain family members) who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service.

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