Consultant Psychologist HMP & YOI Feltham inFeltham inFeltham PUBLISHED THU 16 JAN 2025

Job Overview

We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic psychologists who are committed to delivering and leading high-quality trauma-informed, care and treatment. We are proud of the diverse services we offer in our healthcare provision to the men and young people detained in HMP YOI Feltham and we are excited to be able to invite applications for this consultant role which will oversee and support the provision and development of our mental health services, including our Enhanced Support Unit in Feltham A designed to engage and meet the complex needs of the young men in HMP YOI Feltham.

In Health & Justice, you will be joining a large psychology department with an established ethos of development and innovation. At HMP YOI Feltham we have psychologists and arts therapists in our multi-professional mental health service, with this expanding to over 100 therapies staff across all of CNWL’s Health & Justice Sites and Services. We provide a wide range of therapies (CBT, MBT, EMDR, Psychodynamic counselling, arts therapies) and actively work with partners to provide timely and trauma informed systems of care.

Main duties of the job

We are keen that this role supports our mental health provision including the group and individual therapy offer at HMP YOI Feltham and actively supports the continued professional development of our teams. The duties of the role include Supervision, Service Consultation and utilising expertise to personally deliver therapy and assessments. You will join the trust wide H&J Consultant Psychologist team and hold shared responsibility with the group for the governance of our services and you will contribute to the shaping of Health & Justice services. At HMP YOI Feltham you will be part of our healthcare’s senior management team and contribute to the health interface with the wider prison and development of this service.

Working for our organisation

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. HMP YOI Feltham is easily accessible from London and there is free on site parking for staff.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist psychology and psychotherapy service to the men detained in HMP YOI Feltham and provide expert clinical input.
• To be responsible to the Lead Psychologist of Health & Justice Directorate for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of applied psychology and psychotherapy in HMP YOI Feltham and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To ensure the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the delivery of psychology and therapy services in HMP YOI Feltham and the Trust/specialty research agenda
• To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychologists and psychotherapists in HMP YOI Feltham.
  
  

Please see attached document for full Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Entry-level qualification in Clinical, Forensic or Clinical Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training or, for forensic, MSc plus completion of the British Psychological Society’s qualification in forensic psychology stage 2) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
• Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to the delivery of healthcare psychology & therapy services within a criminal justice setting through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a BPS National Assessor and an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher
• Completed training course in clinical supervision.
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at relevant management training courses and events
• Accreditation as a supervisor in a psychological therapy (e.g. EMDR, CBT, DBT, SFT, MBT)
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in a forensic mental health, criminal justice or specialist young people’s service
• Experience of undertaking leadership roles
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in a forensic mental health, criminal justice or specialist young people’s setting where expertise in clinical risk management are required
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
• Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
• Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communit