About this role
Job summary
Are You a Psychologist Who Wants to Make a Difference to Offender Care Across Coventry & Warwickshire?
Come & Join Our Growing Forensic CMHT
We are recruiting a Forensic / Clinical Psychologist to support the leadership of our projects, enhancing the delivery of services offered to patients who present with a risk to others.
We are looking for a psychologist who is experienced working within prison &/or secure care settings & offering support & consultation to colleagues. This role involves liaising across teams in CWPT & with partner agencies across the criminal justice network.
Make a real impact where it matters most.
We're looking for a passionate, confident professional who is driven to improve outcomes for people with complex mental health needs within the criminal justice system.
You'll bring strong clinical confidence & experience in forensic settings, using your knowledge of Forensic Psychology to inform consultation, risk management, & treatment recommendations. Just as importantly, you'll be skilled at empowering & motivating others--helping multidisciplinary teams feel confident, capable, & supported when working with highly complex cases.
A key part of this role is translating complex psychological concepts into clear, practical guidance that meaningfully changes how staff work with service users. If you enjoy influencing practice beyond direct clinical work, this role offers real scope to do just that.
Please see Job advert for full details.
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialist psychological assessment & therapy, using highly complex psychological data gained from a variety of sources. This includes forensic assessments & interventions of risk to others.
To ensure the systematic provision of psychological service, including the responsibility to prioritise work appropriately
To communicate assessment results, formulations, outcome data, & other complex & sensitive information orally & in written form to support the work of colleagues.
To provide highly specialist psychological advice, consultation & supervision to other professionals & staff contributing to the formulation, diagnosis, treatment plan & management of clients, both within & outside the Trust.
To contribute to the development of services, reviewing service outcomes, designing & participating in audit, research & clinical governance initiatives, & working cooperatively with colleagues to achieve service goals & maximise service effectiveness. This will involve communication with a wide range of clinical & managerial colleagues, within & outside the Trust
To provide supervision to other psychological staff, to trainee clinical/counselling psychologists on placement, to volunteers & other colleagues, including professional & doctoral research supervision, as required.
To provide management of junior Psychological Services staff.
To offer formulation, reflective practice & case consultation to staff working with people who present with a risk to others.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information related to the job description and the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the Job advert and Job description linked to this job advert. This will provide candidates with the relevant information.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registration with the HCPC in Clinical or Forensic Psychology Further post - doctoral qualification / registration Expertise and/or training in Clinical Supervision for doctorate level trainees as may supervise trainee clinical Psychologist
Experience Essential
Substantial experience of working with people in forensic mental health settings Substantial experience of completing structured risk assessments (e..g HCR20v2) and associated risk formulations and recommendations Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances. Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for work Experience of teaching, training, and supervising of qualified staff and doctoral level trainees. Experience of neuropsychological assessment and therapy
Knowledge Essential
Post-doctoral training relevant to the post Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group. Skills in applying this knowledge. Well developed communication skills, suitable to the specialty Experience of team working. Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group. Evidence of continuing professional development. Knowledge of research and audit methodology suitable to the job. Knowledge of the pathways of care and services that exist in secure care and criminal justice system
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 Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address Swanswell Point
Stoney Stanton Road
Coventry
CV1 4FS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)