Specialist Forensic/Clinical Psychologist

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Quarrington; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early access to Psychological Therapys

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on high street retailers and

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Forensic/Clinical Psychologist to work with children and young people in a secure setting. The role involves trauma-informed practice, psychological formulations, and leading on interventions within a multidisciplinary team.

The post is Band 8a on the NHS AfC scale, with responsibilities including staff training, service development, and research activities to enhance care for up to 28 young people.

Qualifications

• BPS accredited Honours degree in Psychology or equivalent.
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, accredited by the BPS and HCPC.
• Additional specialist training related to working with children, young people and their families and carers.
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate trainees.
• Registered member of HCPC.
• Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist.
• Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level.
• Additional training in assessment of and interventions for sexually harmful behaviours. E.g., AIMS 3 assessment and intervention; J-SOAP II; ERASOR.
• Additional training in child neuropsychology assessments including autism assessments e.g., DISCO; ADI-R; ADOS; contributing to ADHD assessments

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessments and interventions for young people at Millenium Lodge.
• Lead on trauma-informed approaches to care and contribute to multi-factorial formulations.
• Train and supervise staff; provide consultation to multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop and deliver training related to complex trauma for healthcare and Local Authority staff.
• Support service development and research activities to improve outcomes.

Skills

Research design

Child protection knowledge

CPD

Line management

Publications

Education

BPS honours degree in Psychology

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Specialist training with children & families

Clinical supervision training

HCPC registered

Chartered status candidacy

Masters/Doctorate level qualifications

Training in sexually harmful behaviours assessment/intervention

Child neuropsychology assessments (e.g., DISCO/ADOS/ADIR)

Job description

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincolnshire Secure Unit Town Sleaford Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/10/2026 23:59

Specialist Forensic/Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive, creative and highly skilled Specialist Forensic or Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about supporting children and young people in a secure setting. You will join our fantastic multi-disciplinary team at Millenium Lodge, Secure Children's Home, which will be the new site in 2027, for Lincolnshire Secure Children's Home currently rated Outstanding by both CQC and Ofsted.

The service sits within our Children's and Young Person's Complex Care Service Line, alongside the Harmful Behaviour Service and Complex Needs Service. Our New Secure Children's Home will provide care for up to 28 young people aged 10-18. Many of the young people we support have experienced significant adversity, including trauma, mental health challenges, neurodevelopmental difficulties and risk of harm to themselves or others. You will work closely with our Highly Specialist Forensic Psychologist/Clinical Lead and a range of professionals to create a safe, containing environment and deliver interventions that help young people understand themselves, their mental health and their offending behaviour.

In this role you will have opportunities to lead on psychological formulations, deliver individual and group interventions, and contribute to staff training and policy development. You will be required to have at least 12-18 months post qualification experience.

For further information, please contact Natalie Islip at: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will work within the Heath Trust’s and the HCPC’s and the BPS’s professional guidelines, as well as liaise and work closely with colleagues and professionals who work internal and external to the Trust and who provide services to children, young people and their carers and families.

You will provide complex clinical psychology assessments, formulations and a range of therapeutic interventions for young people resident at Millenium Lodge.

Work with Local Authority staff members to support them in working consistently with the young people and enabling staff to consider the dynamics of a young person’s relationships to reduce escalating behaviours.

Support the provision of psychologically informed working across the healthcare and Local Authority teams by offering group and 1:1 clinical supervision and advice/consultation to the multidisciplinary team (including supervision of trainee psychologists).

Offer consultation and supervision as required to psychology and non-psychology colleagues across the organisation.

Develop, and deliver, training related to complex trauma to both healthcare and Local Authority staff members.

Use research skills to undertake research and audit activities and assist with projects aimed at developing the service further.

Use Outcome Measures which are used to evidence good practice and help adjust service delivery and developments which consider service user feedback and evaluation.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details of duties.

You will provide psychological assessments and interventions for young people, training and consultation for staff members, apply research skills and support the Lead Psychologist with service development. Working autonomously under the guidance of the Lead Psychologist, you will adhere to Health Trust, HCPC and BPS professional standards while collaborating closely with health colleagues, Local Authority staff members and wider professionals involved in supporting children, young people and their families.

The role includes leading on trauma ‑ informed approaches to care and contributing to multi ‑ factorial formulations, alongside supporting the delivery of a comprehensive rolling programme of evidence ‑ based psychological therapies and mental health promotion that ensures inclusion and engagement. Psychological wellbeing will be further supported through education and specialist CAMHS provision, including interventions for sexually harmful behaviours and violent offending behaviours.

You will also work with all staff members to promote consistent practice, and guide reflective practice, to assist professionals to understand relational dynamics and reduce escalating behaviours among the young people.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

• BPS accredited Honours degree in Psychology or equivalent
• A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, accredited by the BPS and HCPC
• Additional specialist training related to working with children, young people and their families and carers
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate trainees
• Registered member of HCPC
• Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist
• Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level
• Additional training in assessment of and interventions for sexually harmful behaviours. E.g., AIMS 3 assessment and intervention; J-SOAP II; ERASOR
• Additional training in child neuropsychology assessments including autism assessments e.g., DISCO; ADI-R; ADOS; contributing to ADHD assessments

Skills

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
• Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding, mental health and youth justice legislation and its implications for clinical practice when working with children, young people and their families/carers
• Evidence of continuing professional development as stated by HCPC and as recommended by the BPS
• Experience of being involved in a service development and its provision and maintenance
• Experience of line managing psychology staff and/or other professionals
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

Experience

• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist with children and families where there are psychological concerns
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children and young people from pre-school age to school leaving age
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with young people who are at risk of, or who have had contact with, the Youth Justice System
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children and young people who are presenting with harmful sexual behaviour
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and special needs from mild to extensive difficulties including learning difficulties; physical difficulties; chronic and acute health problems
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children who have experienced abuse – physical, sexual, emotional
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology assessments of children and young people, taking into account the context of their living situations which may include – living with biological parents; with separated parents; with other relatives; with foster carers; living in residential settings
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of using a range of specialist clinical psychology assessment skills which include:- o Use of psychometric assessments of intelligence, memory, reading, social functioning; executive functioning. o Use of behavioural assessments. o Use of observational methods of assessment. o Assessment by interviewing. o Assessment by analysis of archive material. o Risk assessments o Assessment of Harmful Sexual Behaviour
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of developing and providing specialist clinical psychology interventions and intervention packages for children, young people and their carers and families
• Additional expertise in at least three of the following therapeutic models:- o Behaviour therapy. o Cognitive Behaviour Therapy o Systemic therapy. o Creative therapies. o Solution focused interventions. o Attachment therapy. o Post traumatic stress o Schema Therapy o Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology advice to parents and carers and staff concerning the care and/or therapeutic provision for children and young people
• Extensive knowledge of and experience of child protection and safeguarding issues and procedures
• Extensive experience of working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings
• Experience of providing supervision to other psychologists; to other professionals who work with children and young people and their carers and families
• Experience of providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Experience of providing teaching and training to other psychologists and other unqualified and qualified people
• Experience of writing court reports and providing expert guidance in Court

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders