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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to jointly lead and develop a newly commissioned North East London (NEL) men’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) service to reduce custodial sentences and improve the wellbeing of men in the criminal justice system with mental health needs. This NEL service is jointly provided by North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT).
Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. Treatment requirements offer courts an alternative to short custodial sentences and aim to prevent reoffending by addressing underlying vulnerabilities and improving quality of life. This service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions. The MHTR Service will also provide the courts with information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
Main duties of the job
NELFT are looking for two WTE B8b Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to lead the service across North East London; with the posts operating as a jobshare across the NELFT and ELFT catchment. NELFT and ELFT are recruiting to the two WTE posts simultaneously and interested applicants are encouraged to apply to both positions. There are equivalent posts being recruited in North West London via CNWL and South London via Oxleas. We expect the clinical leads and services to work closely together, to ensure that courts across London are covered throughout the year.
The role will be responsible for operational service delivery across all courts in NEL. The successful candidates will hold a small complex clinical caseload and be responsible for supervision of the clinical team.
The posts are being advertised by both NELFT and ELFT and candidates will be considered for both posts at interview. Both Trusts support flexible working and applications for secondments to this substantive role will be considered. We hope to recruit a staff team reflective of the population we serve and welcome applications from those with protected characteristics, including minoritised ethnic groups. Candidates will be considered for all NLFC posts at interview (CNWL, NELFT and ELFT).
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
1. We are kind.
2. We are respectful.
3. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 pro rata for part time).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 pro rata for part time).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please contact us if you would like to know more: Dr Rachel Smith (Professional Lead for Forensic Psychology, NELFT) R 07944 206 081; Dr Phil Minoudis (Head of Forensic PD Psychology, ELFT) 07961 474 117
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· - To lead on the development and implementation of the Men’s MHTR service and hold management oversight and clinical supervision of the team
· - To oversee and be responsible for quality and performance, including quarterly reporting to commissioners.
· - To work as a jobshare with other service lead and work alongside partners to deliver the service across London.
· - To have oversight and sign off of court directions, including covering sign of court directions for NLFC colleagues during periods of leave.
· -To liaise and ensure working relationships with key stakeholders
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. Practitioner Psychologist, HCPC, Doctorate
5. further post-doctoral/post-qualification specialist training including training in clinical supervision
6. training is risk assessment
Desirable criteria
7. Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
8. Accredited therapist in evidence-based treatment for client group
Experience
Essential criteria
9. Experience of specialist psychological assessment, risk management and treatment of service users with significant mental health difficulties who offend across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, and inpatient settings
10. variety of service user groups
11. Significant experience of inter-agency working
12. Experience of developing and delivering training.
13. Significant management and supervision experience.
Desirable criteria
14. management experience
15. service development experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
16. Risk, CJS, mental health, research methods, legislation
Desirable criteria
17. knowledge difficult to treat groups
Skills
Essential criteria
18. Assessment, communication, consultation
19. challenging behaviour, violence, complex situations
20. management of people
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
21. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
22. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
23. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
24. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.