Senior Assistant Psychologist - Health and Justice

Job overview

Health and Justice Services part of GMMH Specialist Service Care Group are looking to recruit a Senior Assistant psychologist to work within the multi-disciplinary mental health team at HMP Styal.

Working within a prison environment can be a challenging place to work, we are seeking someone with strong clinical and interpersonal skills who are able to manage and respond to the dynamic needs of the team, the client group and the environment, to ensure that provision is accessible and appropriate.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a full-time Band 5 Assistant psychologist to support the psychological services pathway, which currently implements a stepped care model of service delivery. The post holder would be expected to be a key member of the multidisciplinary team and will support the assessment and dissemination of findings from psychological assessments and will be expected to have excellent communication skills and the ability to work with initiative and autonomy. The Senior Assistant psychologist will also provide direct psychological intervention and groupwork support, at the Stepped 2 and 3 care of provision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)