Forensic jobs in United Kingdom

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a developmental Band 7-8a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist or experienced 8a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist developmental to join an established team of Clinical and Forensic Psychologists in the Secure Services at Brooklands Hospital. This is a full-time position primarily based within the autism low secure service, with some hours in the LD secure services. The secure service ethos is to help and support people who present considerable risk to others (as well as themselves) to return to a less restrictive environment and/or the community as soon as possible. The contribution of psychological services is highly valued within the teams and service management and is fully integrated within collaborative multi-disciplinary teams. Positive Behavioural Support is a key component of our treatment approach and philosophy and the successful candidate will work closely with others on developing new and existing service projects, develop new and existing group programmes and provide support in training others. There is lots of personal and service development opportunity within this role.

The psychology department at Brooklands is a well-established and supportive service and the successful applicant will receive support to further develop their skills and knowledge through good quality supervision and training opportunities. The teamwork includes approaches such as CBT, CAT, CFT, EMDR and Schema Therapy. We provide a number of well-established and structured offence group programmes as part of the service user\'s comprehensive treatment pathway. All members of the psychology team receive excellent support, good supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development.

• Assessments, individual and group therapies, team formulations, and reflective practice for service users.
• Develop and lead on new and existing service projects and group programmes.
• Provide training to ward staff and multidisciplinary colleagues; supervise others (qualified psychologists and non-psychologists) as required.
• Contribute to service development projects, audits, and research.
• Support and develop forensic assessment skills and therapeutic skills within the service model.
• Involvement in bringing together a collaborative multi-disciplinary approach within the secure services.

• Post-qualification experience of working with forensic populations and/or experience of working with people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism who present considerable risk to others (desirable).
• Ability to provide psychological assessments, individual and group therapies, formulations, and reflective practice.
• Potential to supervise others and contribute to training and service development.
• Willingness to engage in audit, research and continued professional development.
• Support for progression to Band 8a through a preceptorship programme if currently eligible for development post, with a pathway to Band 8a within up to two years; if competencies to progress are not fully met, role remains at Band 7.
• Applications welcomed from newly qualified or soon-to-qualify clinicians.

• NHS AfC Band 7-8a.
• Location: Brooklands Hospital, Coventry/Warwickshire area with links across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
• Full-time role based primarily in the autism low secure service, with some hours in LD secure services.
• Developmental post option available for Band 7 with progression to Band 8a after successful completion of a preceptorship programme.

• Strong links with local clinical and forensic training doctorate courses; placements for trainee clinical and forensic psychologists; supervision for research; teaching on courses.
• Support with skill development for forensic assessment and therapeutic work relevant to the service user population.
• Supportive supervision, ongoing professional development opportunities, and a positive team environment.

• The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals; as part of safe recruitment, new staff may be required to be registered with the DBS Update Service where appropriate.
• The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance on filtering criminal cautions and convictions is available on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
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• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with tenure.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars/vehicles, Cycle to Work, home electronics, gym membership and more.
• Discounts with retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues via Employer Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support, including in-house counselling service and external helpline.
• Staff networks and support groups.
• CWPT provides a full range of physical, mental health and learning disability services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull; population served exceeds one million with wider geographic coverage for specialist services.