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Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Enhanced Support Service
| Posting date: | 14 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 November 2025 |
| Location: | Derby, DE65 5DN |
| Company: | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7495678/436-7495678 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within to work within the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway services at HMP Foston Hall. This role will involve re-establishing Enhanced Support Service (ACCESS) and helping to develop a Dynamic Pathway service. Both services aim to reduce the negative impact of violent and disruptive behaviour in prisons, using a small but dedicated multi-disciplinary staff team that works in partnership across prison, healthcare, psychology and the Cameo OPD longer term PD treatment service. ACCESS will work intensively in a collaborative manner to develop individual’s motivation to facilitate better stability, improved psychological wellbeing and improved ability to access to sentence planning services. This now includes the Dynamic pathway, which will offer an intervention option for those who may have completed the ACCESS offer but have insufficient time left on their sentence to access longer term interventions such as Cameo. The dynamic pathway will provide greater access to the OPD provision and bridges the gap for service users who find it difficult to access intensive treatment services.
The successful candidate will be joining a large and diverse psychological therapies team within the Secure Care & Offender Health (SCOH) division.The division is committed to investing in staff and you will have opportunities for training, supervision, mentoring and career development.
The postholder will work within HMP Foston Hall, overseeing the day-to-day management of the ACCESS and Dynamic Pathway services. It will involve managing referrals, undertaking clinical assessments and interventions as required and developing case formulations and support plans, in conjunction with other professionals and the wider prison. The successful candidate will need exceptional communication skills as well as an empathic and non-judgemental attitude towards service users and the prison. You will also need to be resilient and be able to work and make decisions in both an independent and collaborative manner. The successful candidate will have extensive experience of working with adults with personality disorder and challenging behaviour, in addition to those with other psychological difficulties, neurodiversity and complex needs and risks. An interest and experience of developing services will be an advantage. Leadership and service development experience is desirable, as well as managing and supervising other professionals.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Please click on the link for a little insight into our services and our people
https://vimeo.com/benthompsonfilms/psychologyrecruitment?share=copy
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Nov 2025
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within to work within the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway services at HMP Foston Hall. This role will involve re-establishing Enhanced Support Service (ACCESS) and helping to develop a Dynamic Pathway service. Both services aim to reduce the negative impact of violent and disruptive behaviour in prisons, using a small but dedicated multi-disciplinary staff team that works in partnership across prison, healthcare, psychology and the Cameo OPD longer term PD treatment service. ACCESS will work intensively in a collaborative manner to develop individual’s motivation to facilitate better stability, improved psychological wellbeing and improved ability to access to sentence planning services. This now includes the Dynamic pathway, which will offer an intervention option for those who may have completed the ACCESS offer but have insufficient time left on their sentence to access longer term interventions such as Cameo. The dynamic pathway will provide greater access to the OPD provision and bridges the gap for service users who find it difficult to access intensive treatment services.
The successful candidate will be joining a large and diverse psychological therapies team within the Secure Care & Offender Health (SCOH) division.The division is committed to investing in staff and you will have opportunities for training, supervision, mentoring and career development.
The postholder will work within HMP Foston Hall, overseeing the day-to-day management of the ACCESS and Dynamic Pathway services. It will involve managing referrals, undertaking clinical assessments and interventions as required and developing case formulations and support plans, in conjunction with other professionals and the wider prison. The successful candidate will need exceptional communication skills as well as an empathic and non-judgemental attitude towards service users and the prison. You will also need to be resilient and be able to work and make decisions in both an independent and collaborative manner. The successful candidate will have extensive experience of working with adults with personality disorder and challenging behaviour, in addition to those with other psychological difficulties, neurodiversity and complex needs and risks. An interest and experience of developing services will be an advantage. Leadership and service development experience is desirable, as well as managing and supervising other professionals.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Please click on the link for a little insight into our services and our people
https://vimeo.com/benthompsonfilms/psychologyrecruitment?share=copy
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Nov 2025