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IIRMS Psychologist | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 04 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 April 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME15 6SJ |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6068795/380-FR0400 |
Summary
An experienced forensic, clinical, or counselling psychologist is required to join a strong multi-disciplinary team in a community Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway service providing specialist care to men and women who have personality difficulties, mental health needs, neurodiversity and forensic histories. The service is based in Maidstone. There is one full time permanent position.
You will be joining a diverse and dynamic multi-disciplinary team including psychology, occupational therapy, social work and probation staff who are actively engaged with the development of trauma informed, recovery centred best practice in forensic mental health. The OPD pathway includes the Psychologically Informed and Planned Environment (PIPE) Unit at Fleming House in Maidstone, a team of psychologists undertaking case consultation, formulation and joint working in the probation offices across Kent and the highly regarded Kent Chiron Community IIRMS (Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service). The post will be based at the Kent Chiron Community in Maidstone.
Bringing to bear clinical and data analysis skills, you will be developing a role within the team to work closely with community members, probation staff, and the wider multidisciplinary team in supporting the delivery and evaluation of a comprehensive psychology service.
The role will be primarily clinical although it is hoped that the successful applicant will actively pursue research and evaluation within the forensic field and contribute to the provision of supervision and training to other psychologists and professions.
The service has strong links with the local training scheme and other academic bodies with opportunities to get involved in teaching and lecturing. Clinical activities will involve primarily community work with IIRMS clients, with some pre-release work, including the provision of both specialist psychology assessment and intervention (individual and group based) to a range of offenders screened onto the OPD pathway. There are opportunities to develop specialist skills in a number of areas such as EMDR, reflective practice and personality disorders. There is also a requirement within the role to provide clinical supervision and management to assistants.
The Service Line specialises in the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders, serving the county of Kent and a population of approximately 1.5 million. There are close working links within the medium secure services in Maidstone. The service works closely with local Probation, Social Services, the Courts and local NHS services. The service has an excellent multidisciplinary ethos, enjoying good working relationships as demonstrated by the high level of morale among staff. CPD and supervision are supported and valued in the Trust.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Please see attached Job Description for further information.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Dr Tania Tancred.
This advert closes on Monday 18 Mar 2024
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