Job Description
Locum Senior Psychologist (Clinical, Counselling or Forensic)
Location: Leicester
Contract Type: Locum (3 months, with a view to extend)
Part time: 2 - 3 days per week
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Psychologist to join our client's team on a locum contract for three months, with the possibility of extension. This role involves working within a therapeutic community in a Category A prison, providing specialised psychological support to individuals convicted of serious and violent crimes, including sexual offences.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Conduct psychological assessments using various tools and methods, including self-report measures, rating scales, structured observations, and interviews.
2. Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to patient formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plans.
3. Implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations and maintaining provisional hypotheses.
4. Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors such as historical ...