Job Overview
Lead and develop a newly commissioned pan‑London 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.
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. The service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions and advice. It also provides courts with the information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensure good clinical and risk governance, quality and appropriateness of work of psychologists and psychological therapists across the pan‑London MHTR service and provide clinical supervision to the service leads of CNWL, Oxleas, NELFT and ELFT.
* Act as clinical lead for the pan‑London MHTR service at the senior North London Forensic Consortium (NLFC) and South London Partnership (SLP) management and commissioner‑led meetings, and chair the pan‑London MHTR Clinical Network.
* Lead interface with the national MHTR programme and engage key stakeholders to facilitate operation of the service.
* Communicate service model and policies to external and internal partners and agencies in conjunction with professional and operational managers.
* Monitor and implement professional standards in applied psychology and psychotherapy, and ensure systematic provision of professional supervision.
* Plan, organise and ensure delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services within the remit of the MHTR service.
* Collaborate with CNWL, Oxleas, EFLT and NELFT to deliver an effective pan‑London MHTR service and manage staff in the team.
* Coordinate and chair team and service meetings to ensure effective functioning.
* Engage service users in planning and delivery of services that meet local community needs.
* Lead or participate in LPP, Trust and Divisional strategic development and implementation of new initiatives through committees and working parties.
* Manage psychology and psychotherapy resources, ensuring availability of materials and equipment.
* Act as authorised signatory for agreeing psychologists and psychological resources for the service.
Person Specification
Qualifications – Essential
* Entry‑level qualification in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology (professional Doctorate, or MSc + PG Diploma, or, for forensic, MSc + BPS stage 2) accepted by HCPC.
* Additional training beyond entry‑level in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post‑qualification training (PG Diploma) or equivalent specialist portfolio assessed by a BPS National Assessor.
* Completed training course in clinical supervision.
* Registered with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist and evidence of continuing professional development.
Qualifications – Desirable
* Attendance at relevant management training courses and events.
* Accreditation as a supervisor in a psychological therapy (e.g., EMDR, CBT, DBT, SFT, MBT).
Experience – Essential
* Evidence of working as a clinical specialist under supervision in a forensic mental health, criminal justice or specialist men’s service.
* Leadership experience.
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with complex needs requiring clinical risk management.
* Experience supervising assistant and trainee psychologists.
* Experience providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
* Post‑qualification experience dealing with diversity within local communities.
* Experience carrying out post‑doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
* Experience proposing and implementing service development projects beyond own service area.
* Experience participating in recruitment.
Experience – Desirable
* Publications in peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books.
* Experience developing a trauma‑informed approach within a system.
* Understanding of court processes and current sentencing procedures and practices.
Knowledge – Essential
* Knowledge of management and leadership theory and practice.
* Advanced knowledge of specialised psychological therapies for men with complex needs, including risk of harm.
* Advanced knowledge of psychopathology and evidence base for trauma and mental health treatment.
* Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
* Knowledge of legislation related to client group, mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
* Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
* Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Skills – Essential
* Deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
* Select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting complex data.
* Communicate skilfully and sensitively complex information with clients, carers and colleagues.
* Plan and schedule assessment and interventions for clients, groups and carers; organise meetings such as CPAs and case reviews.
* Plan delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services to client group and carers, involving partner agencies.
* Expertise in skilled administration of psychometric tests and supervising others.
* Well‑developed consultation skills to work with multi‑professional team or other professional groups.
* Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
Additional Information
The application deadline is not listed; please apply promptly.
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