Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for Forensic Psychologists to support residents in Penrose Drive, our Independent Approved Premises, towards healthier, crime-free futures. The role will focus on providing psychological assessments, interventions, and support for our residents and participants who have multiple and complex needs, and supporting the staff team to ensure every interaction is aligned with the support plan for that individual. You will work alongside probation services, courts, prisons, police, and other internal and external stakeholders to offer a high-quality, holistic service.
This role is listed as 22.5 hours per week but we will consider interest in doing 1, 2, or 3 days per week. We are flexible on the rota and can work to your availability.
This role is the equivalent of NHS band 8B
Additional Support Benefits for this specific role include:
- Clinical Supervision
- A CPD budget of £500 per annum
- Support from our Clinical Lead
ABOUT THE SERVICE
Penrose Drive Independent Approved Premises:A 24/7 accommodation and support service for men leaving prison, providing high levels of support, supervision and complex care. Penrose Drive is a vital part of the rehabilitation process and supporting public protection. The service can accommodate 25 residents within an enabling environment. We engage residents in a comprehensive schedule of purposeful activities and interventions to reduce the risk of reoffending, prepare them to resettle back into the community, and improve self-confidence, resilience and opportunities to access employment, training and education.
We are located a short walk from Elephant and Castle tube station and there is onsite parking available.
ABOUT US
The Social Interest Group (SIG) believes that good care and support make for better lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation, providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in a range of residential, drop-in centers, community floating support settings (including in peoples own homes), probation settings and people who are in hospital awaiting discharge. We currently do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.
Benefits, including Non-Contractual Perks
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata), increasing with length of service
- Training and Development including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Medicash including discount gym memberships, routine optometry care, dental treatments, and physiotherapy treatments
- Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
- Reflect Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for a self-starter, who is able to pro-actively encourage, take leadership, and ownership for a positive psychological environment. You will be able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively, work as part of a multidisciplinary team, and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities. We are looking for someone who is able to engage with vulnerable people and work effectively in highly distressing and challenging circumstances. You will be able to use your own initiative, manage your own workload, and make decisions which affect others, and accept and respond positively to feedback.
OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational
- Provide highly specialised psychological assessment of clients with highly complex conditions.
- Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice.
- Exercise full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care as a care coordinator within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Undertake risk assessments and management for individual clients and provide specialist advice to other professionals.
- Discuss and negotiate any care plans with all relevant internal and external parties where necessary.
- Undertake highly skills evaluations and make decisions about treatment options, and provide guidance and consultation to other parties contributing to the clients diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan.
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional, academic and public settings.
- Facilitation of one to one and group workshops and interventions, workshops, PIE training, and support with implementation plans across the business.
Service Management
- Provide support around accreditations required for the service.
- Take an active role in clinical audits and other administration activities.
Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position.
KEY CRITERIA
What we are looking for:
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- HCPC registration as an applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
- Experience as a qualified forensic psychologist within the designated service, including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings
- Teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
- Knowledge of social inclusion agenda, and clinical governance
- Knowledge of Psychologically Informed Environments and EE Frameworks
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health
What we would like, but not essential:
- BPS registered
- Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the role and our key criteria.
WORKING FOR US
Our Values
Ambition Eager to succeed and to accomplish as much as possible for our people
Empowerment Giving staff and the people we support the tools, training, and information they need to achieve their potential
Transparency Upfront and visible about our actions and open to scrutiny from stakeholders, service users, and staff
Inclusivity Listening to, understanding, and including all our stakeholders to ensure we make a difference and get things right
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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