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88225 - Senior Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services - Directorate of Security HMP Belmarsh

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 20 Mehefin 2024
Cyflog: £49,079 i £58,897 bob blwyddyn
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 04 Gorffennaf 2024
Lleoliad: SE28 0EB
Gweithio o bell: Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos
Cwmni: Ministry of Justice
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: 88225

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HMP/YOI Belmarsh is a high-security prison in south-east London. It is one of 13 long term and high security prisons, but the only reception prison in the high security estate. HMP/YOI Belmarsh also operates a high secure unit (HSU).

The Forensic Psychology team at HMP Belmarsh are integrated into the prison and there is strong clinical-operational joint working model within the prison and it’s functional areas.

This approach enables the Forensic Psychology team to be heavily involved in a variety of clinical work alongside our operational colleagues. Qualified Psychologist posts at HMP Belmarsh allow professionals to have a high degree of autonomy and pursue areas of interest for professional development. Qualified Psychologists also lead on specific areas of business in the prison that contributes to the effective functioning of the prison.

The job holder will largely excel in the area of individual prisoner risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as working with complex offenders or those convicted of terrorism offences. Senior Registered Psychologist will provide qualification supervision of Forensic Psychologists in Training as well as hold line management responsibilities. They will also provide direction and support for other supervisors.

The job holder will be working with complex prisoners and prison 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 assessment of prisoners, conducting research, providing consultancy and delivering training for staff and interventions (individual and group) for prisoners.

Overview of the job

This is non-operational prisoner 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 individual prisoner risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as working with sex offenders. 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 prisoners and prison 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 assessment of prisoners, conducting research, providing consultancy and delivering training for staff and interventions (individual and group) for prisoners.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

Reviews cases and reconsiders the professional advice given by other psychologists on the potential release of serious prisoners
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
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 prisoners
Develops and/or strategies such as sex offender or indeterminate sentence prisoner assessment and intervention strategy
Delivers and supervises (treatment management) the delivery of more complex programmes e.g. healthy sexual functioning
Provides consultancy support to colleagues such as an establishment 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 prisoners. Will be competent to undertake the full range of risk assessments including the more complex risk assessments. Gives feedback of the assessment to the prisoner and other stakeholders
Contributes to other offender management processes (usually with more complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) assessments and self harm or personality disorder assessments)
Provides consultancy role to wider team on their specialist activity. Visit a range of sites to advise on complex cases
Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been demonstrated