Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist or Psychotherapist/CBT

Job overview

‘Discovery’ is an Intensive Intervention Risk Management Service (IIRMS) covering the West and South Yorkshire area. This innovative team is part of a wider ‘Offender Personality Disorder Service’; a joint initiative between the NHS and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), supporting individuals under probation supervision who present with complex personality difficulties, often linked to early trauma and offending behaviour. We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Psychologist to join Discovery’s multidisciplinary team of probation staff, NHS professionals and housing support workers, to guide our service users in making the challenging transition from custody to community living.

The Discovery service covers a large region of Yorkshire, and the role involves travel to various probation offices, probation approved premises and community locations to meet service users for direct work. Whilst being a car driver is not essential, it would be advantageous in this respect.

Join us in making a meaningful difference to the lives of individuals with complex needs, while developing your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

This is a part-time role, 30 hours / 4 days p/w

Main duties of the job

As a Band 7 Psychologist, you will be responsible for delivering trauma-informed psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions to high-risk individuals. You will work across community settings, including probation offices and Approved Premises, providing psychologically-led case management and psychoeducational interventions.

You will also offer supervision, consultation and training to NHS, probation and third sector staff, helping to embed psychologically-informed practice across the service. The role involves close collaboration with NHS and criminal justice colleagues, contributing to service development, audit, and research across the wider ‘Offender Personality Disorder Service’.

The service offers a supportive environment with opportunities for supervision, training, and career progression.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]  Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.