Clinical / Forensic Psychologist

To provide psychological support to Probation Officers within dedicated local delivery units (LDU) and approved premises in their management of high risk offenders identified as presenting with behaviour consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. To work alongside probation colleagues to enhance the assessment and supervision of offenders and to support the implementation of the Personality Disordered Offender Pathway, aligned to the National Offender Personality Disorder Strategy., To provide psychological support to The Probation service in their management of high risk offenders identified as presenting with behaviour consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. To work alongside probation colleagues to enhance the assessment and supervision of offenders and to support the implementation of the Personality Disordered Offender Pathway, aligned to the National Offender Personality Disorder Strategy.

The role will involve training and workforce development through consultation and training to Offender Managers and Offender Management Teams to enable an understanding of the psychological aspects of a client's risk and the development of psychologically informed formulations and risk management plans. The post holder will also maintain a small caseload providing direct therapeutic intervention with service users with complex mental health needs and offending histories within the Medium Secure Unit

The post will be within Mersey care NHS Trust Secure Division Offender Personality Disorder Service/enhanced care service. The post holder will operate within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the LDU's policies and procedures. The post holder will contribute to the operational management group and contribute to service audit and governance processes.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.