About this role
Job summary
North London Forensic Collaborative is the largest forensic Provider Collaborative in England and is a partnership between forensic services within five NHS Trusts including: North London NHS Trust - Lead Provider; Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust; East London NHS Trust; North East London NHS Trust; West London NHS Trust.
This post is hosted by Central North West London NHS Trust and will work alongside clinical leads working East London NHS Trust, North East London NHS Trust and Oxleas NHS Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly commissioned pan-London Men's Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) service to reduce custodial sentences and improve the wellbeing of men in the criminal justice system with mental health needs.
Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. Treatment requirements offer courts an alternative to short custodial sentences and aim to prevent reoffending by addressing underlying vulnerabilities and improving quality of life. This service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions and advice. The MHTR Service will also provide the courts with information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
Main duties of the job
To clinically lead, supervise and mange this new service. The role operates as a job share (two staff each working 0.6 wte) and will be responsible for operational service delivery across North West and North Central London. There are equivalent posts in North East London (NELFT and ELFT) and South London (Oxleas) and the clinical leads and services work closely together, to ensure that courts across London are covered throughout the year.
The successful candidates will hold a small complex clinical caseload and be responsible for supervision of the clinical team. We hope to recruit a staff team reflective of the population we serve and welcome applications from those with protected characteristics, including minoritised ethnic groups.
'We are seeking someone available to start with us May/June 2027, ideally able to work a pattern of Wednesday to Friday'
About us
By joining CNWL's Health & Justice Directorate you will be joining a large department of psychologists and psychological therapists that provide an array of mental health and OPD services across London, Surrey, Kent and Bucks. 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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What we can offer you
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally & internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy & policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
With us, you will get -
- A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
- An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
- Flexible working
- Variety of work
- Access to a variety of CPD opportunities
We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group's needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead on the development and implementation of the Mens MHTR service and hold management oversight and clinical supervision of the team
To oversee and be responsible for quality and performance, including quarterly reporting to commissioners.
To work as a jobshare with other service lead and work alongside partners to deliver the service across London.
To have oversight and sign off of court directions, including covering sign of court directions for NLFC colleagues during periods of leave.
To liaise and ensure working relationships with key stakeholders
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- An honours degree in Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling or forensic psychology or equivalent, 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.
- Evidence of significant post-qualification specialist training, experience and developing expertise in a relevant specialist area of clinical practice.
- HCPC Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Completion of supervisor training course.
Desirable
- Pre- or Post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Paid/unpaid relevant to job
Essential
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist including at a highly specialist level or an alternative agreed by the Chief Psychologist
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary settings.
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of clinical practice gained through specialist training and supervised practice (e.g. psychotherapy, neuropsychology, risk assessment, clinical supervision).
- Experience of leading on projects of service design or improvement.
- Experience of leadership, management and supervision of trainees and qualified staff including those from other disciplines.
Desirable
- Awareness of institutional dynamics.
- Research/publications on relevant issues.
- Experience of working indirectly with staff groups
- Experience of using a trauma informed approach
- Understanding of court processes and current sentence procedures and practices
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential
- Advanced 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.
- Possesses range of clinical knowledge, skills & information technology expertise relevant to demands of senior post.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- 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.
- 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.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the forensic population as recommended by the HCPC.
Desirable
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities).
- Can apply psychological knowledge creatively in developing new initiatives.
- Ability to write reports for varied audiences, including courts and purchasers of services.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Gordon Hospital
GORDON HOSPITAL BLOOMBURG STREET
LONDON
SW1V 2RH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)