Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within CPFT for a qualified Psychologist to join the Liaison and Diversion Service. The successful candidate will be working with people who have received a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) by the court as a result of having committed low level offending and experiencing co-occurring mental health conditions across Cambridgeshire. This is a full time position which can be flexible within the needs of the service.
Responsibilities
* The service delivers MHTRs for adults within the demographic area.
* The post holder will hold their own caseload of direct therapeutic work with service users as well providing supervision to assistant psychologists completing structured assessments.
* Consider the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources to help the assistant determine suitability for the offender to be offered an MHTR and to commence a manualised psycho-educational treatment programme provided by the assistant psychologist. Undertake risk assessment and management of offenders prior to them commencing manualised treatment programmes with an assistant psychologist. Exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the treatment of and discharge of offenders receiving manualised treatment under MHTRs, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions are communicated with the assistant psychologist providing the treatments.
* Offer regular clinical supervision to the assistant psychologists delivering the MHTR interventions. Provide clinical oversight and guidance around assessment, formulation, treatment planning and delivery of the intervention.
* Contribute to wider service development, considering local needs and how the implementation of the MHTR service can be achieved across Cambridgeshire.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver NHS services in multiple settings including community, inpatient, and primary care, covering mental health, specialist services, learning disabilities, substance misuse, social care, research and development. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of minority communities.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date if we receive sufficient applications. Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles.
Details
* Date posted: 11 September 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 7
* Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum, pro rata
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time
* Location: 53 Thorpe Road, Peterborough, PE3 6AN
Job responsibilities
* Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
* To provide clinical oversight and guidance of Assistant Psychologists work relating to assessments, formulations, treatment planning and delivery of care to service users.
* To offer regular clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists who will be carrying out suitability assessment and delivering low intensity psychological interventions.
* To hold their own small caseload of direct clinical therapeutic work with the service users.
* To formulate risk and clinical need in collaboration with team members.
* To formulate plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of offenders based upon appropriate conceptual frameworks of risk management, mental health, family systems and individual psychological functioning.
* To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about risk management and treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, developmental, and systemic processes that have shaped the offender.
* To provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to offenders formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
* To provide clinical expertise to the Liaison and Diversion Service, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to offenders.
* To manage risk and improve outcomes for offenders by providing weekly supervision to an assistant psychologist who will be working with offenders to offer them a manualised treatment under MHTRs.
* To support the clinical lead in providing consultation and clinical expertise to colleagues in the Liaison and Diversion service to encourage a psychological approach in their work and to facilitate their professional development.
* To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research, particularly with respect to evaluating the MHTRs and monitoring outcome for the interventions provided by the assistant psychologist.
Person specification
* Education/Qualifications Essential: Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or counselling psychology including models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence. Registered with the HCPC.
* Desirable: Chartered Clinical Psychologist; BABCP Accreditation; post-doctoral/ post-qualification training; supervision training.
* Experience Essential: Experience of psychological assessment, formulation, treatment planning and delivery of interventions in a community setting; CBT-based practice; professional conduct; supervision of non-qualified staff.
* Desirable: Primary care mental health service experience; third wave therapies experience; training delivery; multicultural practice; offender work; complex mental health work.
* Skills & Abilities Essential: Positive problem-solving; critical evaluation; professional boundaries; cultural applicability.
* Desirable: Knowledge of specialised therapies.
* Knowledge & Understanding Essential: Can deliver high intensity interventions per NICE; knowledge of criminal justice legislation relevant to clinical practice; diverse client relationships; cultural context applications; personal resilience.
* Desirable: Therapies for difficult-to-treat groups; adult mental health legislation; relationships/attachment/trauma knowledge.
* Other Essential: Interpersonal skills, team working, professionalism, organisation, collaboration across disciplines.
Other information
* Disclosure and Barring Service check required.
* UK visa sponsorship information applies as per policy.
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