90861 - National Senior Registered Psychologist - National - Fixed Term

Salary   The national salary range is £53,324 - £58,656, London salary range is £56,221 - £63,503. Your salary will be dependent on your base location. Number of jobs available   10 Detail of reserve list   12 Months Region   National City/Town   National Building/Site   NATIONAL Grade   SEO Organisation Grade for HMPPS   Band 8 Post Type   Fixed Term Duration of appointment   Up to 12 months Working Pattern   Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other Role Type   Psychology Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?   No Job description  

Please be advised zero-hour contracts are not available, the minimum allowed is 1.7 hours per week

This is a fixed term contract for a period of 1 year

Existing HMPPS employees are eligible to apply, it is important to be aware that accepting a fixed term post would bring to an end any existing permanent contract.

Overview of the job        

This is a non-operational offender facing job.

Summary            

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 risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as working with those convicted of sexual offending. 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 individuals and 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 assessments , conducting research, providing consultancy and delivering training for staff and interventions (individual and group).

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties      

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• 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 or PIPEs
• 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 offenders
• Develops and/or strategies such as sexual offending or indeterminate sentence assessment and intervention strategy
• Delivers and supervises (treatment management) the delivery of more complex programmes e.g. healthy sex programme
• Provides consultancy support to colleagues such as 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 offenders. Will be competent to undertake the full range of