Psychological Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist - Health in Justice inNewport inNewport PUBLISHED 11 AUG 2024

Your role will involve making a positive difference to the lives of people in prison in the Isle of Wight. You will provide psychological therapy for common and more severe mental health difficulties, as well as providing some consultation and formulation to colleagues appropriate to the banding of the role.

You will work with the team manager, Senior Cluster Manager and Consultant Clinical Psychologist to ensure that all members of multidisciplinary teams have access to psychologically informed ways of thinking about service users. There will be opportunities to develop and deliver training, as well as to gain experience in delivering psychological therapy within a prison environment.

Additional tasks may include providing reflective practice spaces for teams, delivery and supervision of group work and involvement in research, evaluation and audit activity.

We are looking for HCPC registered practitioner (forensic, counselling or clinical) psychologists or appropriately accredited (BABCP or core professional registration with e.g. NMC) psychological therapists who are passionate about social justice and reducing health inequalities. Given the challenges of working in a prison environment, in considering the banding of the role, we are looking for people who have experience of working in a prison or other forensic setting, although this does not need to be as a registered practitioner. You will have experience of delivering assessments and evidence-based interventions.

You will enjoy working independently and have the skills to develop excellent working relationships with service users, colleagues and commissioners. You will support the shared aims of Inclusion and HMPPS to work towards creating more trauma informed environments and services within prisons.

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.

We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.

Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sarah Stacey Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:

If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Sarah or Maureen as we would love to hear from you.

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