Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 4 DEC 2023

Band 7: £54,320 to £60,981 a year pro rata  PERMANENT 

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare.

The post holder will support the therapies team to ensure they work to an agreed operational policy and offer integrated triage, assessment and intervention to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.

The post holder will provide a qualified specialist psychology service to patients under the care of the Mental Health team and Therapies Service within the Prison. The role includes providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. The post holder will provide supervision to unqualified psychology staff and support senior staff to further develop the service. Finally, the post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare.

The post holder will support the therapies team to ensure they work to an agreed operational policy and offer integrated triage, assessment and intervention to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.

The post holder will provide a qualified specialist psychology service to patients under the care of the Mental Health team and Therapies Service within the Prison. The role includes providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. The post holder will provide supervision to unqualified psychology staff and support senior staff to further develop the service. Finally, the post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.



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