Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist
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This is a maternity cover position based at HMP Channings Wood, available from the end of January 2026, where you will work within the Mental Health team, consisting of psychological therapists and multi-professional mental health colleagues to embed psychologically informed care in the service. You will provide a specialist psychological therapies service to offenders in emotional distress in HMP Channings Wood, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy and offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. You will work autonomously with professional guidelines and within the Trust’s policies and procedures.
You will promote an environment in which therapeutic relationships facilitate safety and change, by offering psychological perspectives and emotional support to nursing teams, and promoting psychological thinking in teams. You should have interests in working with personality difficulties and complex trauma, including providing direct psychological assessments and interventions, and working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts.
We welcome applications from newly qualified; Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic, Arts or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists or those close to obtaining qualified status.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services and a large Psychological Therapies team that values psychologists in leadership roles and interdisciplinary collaboration. We operate in community and secure settings, including prisons and secure hospitals. Our staff work across multiple sites in the South of England, including London and Kent, and we are the largest NHS provider of prison health services in the region.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist psychological therapies to offenders in emotional distress.
* Conduct specialist psychological assessments and provide therapy.
* Offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychology colleagues and to non-professional carers.
* Promote psychological thinking and safe therapeutic relationships within nursing teams and multidisciplinary groups.
Qualifications and experience
* HCPC registered Psychologist or equivalent
* Interest or experience in trauma-informed care, personality difficulties, and complex trauma
* Ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the Trust framework
For details or informal visits contact: Name: Khyate Patel, Job title: Psychologist, Email: khyati.patel10@nhs.net
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