Trainee Forensic Psychologist

Job overview

37.5 Hours Per Week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our psychology team, situated within the Forensic Care Group at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Our in-patient services include Newton Lodge, The Bretton Centre and Newhaven all based on the Fieldhead site in Wakefield. The current post is based at Newton Lodge; a 90 bedded Medium Secure Service for men and women who have come into contact with the criminal justice system, who also have mental health difficulties, attachment difficulties, experiences of trauma and learning disabilities.

The service offers a unique opportunity to work with complex service users across various stages of their recovery. The successful candidate will work within a busy psychology service and will be based predominantly on our Learning Disability pathway. We would therefore particularly welcome applications from candidates with an experience of working within a forensic setting, with this client group.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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Main duties of the job

The post holder will receive support throughout their training, from a team of clinical, forensic and counselling psychologists. The role will include administering, scoring and interpreting a range of psychometric measures, direct and indirect assessment, formulation and intervention with service-users, as well as indirect working with staff teams and the wider MDT. You will be involved in audit, service development and clinical governance and there are opportunities to provide training to the wider staff group, developed by the psychology team on Trauma Informed care. The post holder will also be required to enroll on an appropriate doctoral level program to complete alongside their role.

The post will be supervised by a qualified Forensic Psychologist, and you will receive support with your development from a highly motivated and supportive team, who are passionate about on-going development.

Job responsibilities

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions, and risk assessment and management plans under the supervision of a HPCP registered Practitioner Psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a HPCP registered Practitioner Psychologist and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and / or research projects, teaching, training and project work.

The postholder will work, whilst in post and under supervision, to develop their clinical and academic competency in order to qualify as a HCPC registered psychologist. Developmental competencies will include but are not limited to assessment, formulation and intervention, research, consultation and service development.

For further information please see job descirpiton attached.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions, and risk assessment and management plans under the supervision of a HPCP registered Practitioner Psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a HPCP registered Practitioner Psychologist and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and / or research projects, teaching, training and project work.

The postholder will work, whilst in post and under supervision, to develop their clinical and academic competency in order to qualify as a HCPC registered psychologist. Developmental competencies will include but are not limited to assessment, formulation and intervention, research, consultation and service development.

For further information please see job descirpiton attached.