By joining CNWL, you will be joining a large department of psychologists and psychological therapists that provide an array of mental health and OPD services across London and the home counties. Our staff are dynamic and welcoming, and the networking and CPD opportunities are central to our services ethos. We have active research forums and promote our services and work through academic and clinical forums. All staff receive regular supervision and are supported with career aspirations and progression.

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Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: Health and wellbeing services, Season ticket loans, Cycle to work scheme

HMP Downview is in easy reach of London and the surrounding areas. The prison offers free use of onsite leisure facilities and free parking for all staff.

Join us and help make a meaningful difference to the lives of people in contact with the criminal justice system.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached detailed job description & person specification.

We are a friendly team and encourage any prospective candidate to contact us with any questions and/or to book an informal visit. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the recruiting manager. Jacquelyn.Kennedy3@nhs.net

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level training in clinical, forensic, or counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology, equivalent to that accredited by the BPS
• HCPC Registered as a practitioner psychologist
• Evidence of post-qualification specialist training, experience, and developing expertise in a specialist area of clinical practice relevant to this role.

Desirable criteria

• Pre- or Post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care
• Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. mental illness, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc)
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in secure environments and/or forensic mental health.
• Experience of using a trauma-informed approach.
• Lived experience of mental health issues.

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical, and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design, and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Can demonstrate competence in supervision of junior qualified psychology and MDT staff and professional psychology trainees.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Broad knowledge of models of assessment, management, and treatment of offenders with mental health difficulties and personality disorders
• Ability to work intensively with people who present challenges in the complexity of their problems and needs, including sexual and violent offending and self-harming and suicidal behaviours.
• High level of ability to plan and organise clinical service provision to meet service demands, and to maintain high-quality professional practice.
• Experience of software e.g. SPSS, EXCEL
• Evidence of continual development of specialist knowledge and skills through engaging in relevant study and Continuing Professional Development relevant to the forensic population.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to write reports for varied audiences, including courts and purchasers of services.