Senior Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services - London Directorate (Ref: 91494)

The job holders covered by this job description are usually categorised as specialists in their field or those whose role requires significant additional experience, training and personal development.
The job holder will largely excel in the area of individual prisoner risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as working with sex offenders. At this level the jobholder may have responsibility for the key specialist tasks involved in the delivery of a programme or related individual case management which would also entail overseeing the quality of delivery and supervision. They will also provide direction and support for other supervisors. This is a non-operational and non-rotational job.
The job holder will be working with complex prisoners and prison staff and applying their experience and competence in the area of psychology to reduce the risk of harm and re-offending by undertaking complex risk assessment of prisoners, conducting research, providing consultancy and delivering training for staff and interventions (individual and group) for prisoners.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
+ Reviews cases and reconsiders the professional advice given by other psychologists on the potential release of serious prisoners
+ Conducts full case reviews on difficult cases and offers authoritative advice on next steps relating to sentence plan
+ Specialises in delivery of psychology services in settings such as therapeutic community wings
+ Lead and supervise and facilitate group sessions
+ Offers professional opinion to multi functional teams conducting offender reports e.g. risk reports, parole reports on high risk or vulnerable prisoners
+ Develops and/or strategies such as sex offender or indeterminate sentence prisoner assessment and intervention strategy
+ Delivers and supervises (treatment management) the delivery of more complex programmes e.g. healthy sexual functioning
+ Provides consultancy support to colleagues such as an establishment Senior Management Team (SMT) in relation to psychology services and outcomes
+ Conducts relevant research including data gathering and analysis
+ Act as a "professional witness" in parole board hearings, multi-agency meetings, and other formal settings where psychology input is required. May also act as expert witness in respect of court proceedings for Ministry of Justice
+ Responsible for managing and providing professional supervision to trainee forensic psychology staff
+ Provides supervision, training, mentoring and support to trainee psychologists and where relevant other staff such as interventions staff
+ Assist in national specialist tasks such as training on courses related to their specialist discipline
+ Provides professional supervision to support a trainee in developing through the key steps towards chartered and registered status. This may be as a coordinating or designated supervisor
+ Ensures staff are developed in accordance with key competencies and gateways and ensuring consistency across the team in the application of policies and procedures affecting staff and offenders
+ Leads on risk assessment and resulting risk management of complex, vulnerable or high risk prisoners. Will be competent to undertake the full range of risk assessments including the more complex risk assessments. Gives feedback of the assessment to the prisoner and other stakeholders
+ Contributes to other offender management processes (usually with more complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) assessments and self harm or personality disorder assessments)
+ Provides consultancy role to wider team on their specialist activity. Visit a range of sites to advise on complex cases
+ Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been demonstrated
+ Manage own Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements and maintains professional standards
+ Ensure they maintain their professional Health Professions Council (HPC) registration
+ Provide a psychological contribution to the work of areas of the regime such as a therapeutic community
+ Provide psychological reports when requested for life sentence prisoners and to submit within the appropriate time framework
+ Responsible for relevant accreditation audit baselines as detailed in the audit document
+ Line management of trainee psychologists
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh., This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title. The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title. Possess a professional background in Psychology. Experience in providing clinical supervision. Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practise. The job holder are likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and Full member of the appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it. Please note that being a Chartered Psychologist is desirable but not essential, The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title. Possess a professional background in Psychology. Experience in providing clinical supervision. Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practise. The job holder are likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and Full member of the appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it. Please note that being a Chartered Psychologist is desirable but not essential, Spoken and Written English, + Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Developing Self and Others
+ Leadership
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Working Together

HMPPS London Psychology Services (LPS) are currently recruiting Registered Psychologists. The HMPPS London Area is responsible for the delivery of services across 6 Public Prisons and 18 Probation Delivery Units including 14 approved Premises. Work undertaken by LPS is extremely varied with the custody estate comprising of Reception, Training and Resettlement establishments. HMPPS London community provision spans 32 local Authorities, 34 NHS Trusts,1 Criminal Court Cluster, and the Major’s Office for Policing and Crime.
Each of these elements contributes to the rich environment in which HMPPS London Area and LPS operates. Much of the work of LPS currently supports services within the 6 Public Sector Prisons (Brixton, Highdown, Isis, Pentonville, Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs), with work including Risk Assessment, Interventions, Consultancy, Research, and Training. LPS also provide a significant safety offer in which we work in close partnership with our Health and Custodial colleagues to deliver Enhanced Support Services at individual sites. Other notable populations include those convicted of Sexual and Violent Offending, those serving Indeterminate Sentences, and Young Adults. LPS community Services are less established and present an opportunity for further innovation as we continue to develop the LPS offer through partnership working with the Regional Probation Director and their teams. The LPS team is relatively small offering a close network of support and cross over working, whilst also
benefitting from being part of the much larger network that is HMPPS Psychology Services Group (PSG). Continued Professional Development is a core focus for LPS and open learning and development opportunities are actively promoted and encouraged.

Alongside your salary of £56,221, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £16,287 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Access to learning and development
+ A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
+ A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
+ Annual Leave
+ Public Holidays
+ Season Ticket Advance
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