We have a permanent Band 8b, full-time Principle Clinical or Forensic Psychologist position, within our HMP Pathway Services, based at HMP Hull. This work will be in partnership with providers including Tees Esk & Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust and Rethink, supporting prisoners' mental health and well-being.
You will have an opportunity spend a proportion of your time at the Humber centre to ensure you receive high quality supervision and training from the Lead and Consultant Psychologist of the forensic division.
Candidates will be required to work flexibly within the HMP Partner sites as required, including HMP Humber, HMP Full Sutton and HMP Millsike.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a high-quality psychological service. There is an emphasis on support and close multi-disciplinary team working. Our approach is compassionate with a focus on embedding trauma informed care.
Reflective practice and creative approaches are highly valued. There will also be opportunities to lead on service wide projects to contribute significantly to improving the quality of the psychological services that we provide.
Applicants should have a strong sense of responsibility and leadership skills as the psychology representative within our prison mental health services.
In summary the role will involve:
Delivery of specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions within a prison mental health team
Provision of psychological advice and consultation on service users mental health care
Lead on service and research developments
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Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
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For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This role is subject to additional prison vetting, over and above an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants cannot start employment until this has been received.