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Senior Clinical or Forensic Psychologist
The closing date is 07 September 2025
The post will suit a candidate who has experience and interest in working with people with severe, chronic, complex mental health difficulties and offending behaviour within a multidisciplinary team and who can offer both direct and indirect work with service users, their families/carers and staff.
Main duties of the job
You will be involved in offering team case and risk formulation, reflective practice and post incident support, teaching and training, as well as providing a key role as part of the senior leadership team at Forest Lodge. Psychology roles are highly valued by the Ward teams at Forest Lodge and a positive approach and commitment to multidisciplinary teamwork is essential.
About us
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.
Job responsibilities
-To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for individuals and/or families/carers with service users who are presenting with highly complex and distressing psychological problems including psychosis, complex trauma, relational difficulties and offending behaviour.
- To provide clinical leadership and contribute to the provision of a trauma-informed and least restrictive environment through supporting the staff team in their decision making and offering indirect support through team case and risk formulation, reflective practice and individual supervision.
- To provide clinical supervision to Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Trainee/Qualified Clinical Associate Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to a forensic mental health setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Clinical or Forensic Psychologist
Professional registration
* HCPC Professional Registration
Experience
* Experiencing working in community or in-patient forensic mental health services
* At least 18 months work experience post qualifying
* Experience undertaking specialist forensic mental health risk assessment and psychological intervention
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Forest Lodge (low secure forensic psychiatric unit)
Forest Lodge (low secure forensic psychiatric unit)
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