# Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist

**Company**: Cygnet Health Care
**Location**: Harrow
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £60000.00 to £63000.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking for a confident Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist with a passion for delivering outstanding care. You'll be working 37.5 hours a week, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Hospital Harrow.

Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988 and has developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism, and learning disabilities within the UK. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Carry out psychological assessments and provide therapy to individuals and groups

- Work systemically with staff, as well as directly with service users

- Consult with staff, families, and other agencies about the psychological care of the client group

- Offer psychological insight and knowledge to the multidisciplinary team

- Support the clinical, nursing, and direct care teams in making skilled evaluations and decisions about risk

- Evaluate the service, contribute to its development, and carry out clinical research

**Requirements:**

- An experienced Psychologist, ideally with an adult mental health client group

- Experienced in working as part of a multidisciplinary team

- Knowledgeable of mental health legislation, risk assessment, and risk management principles

- Preferably trained in complex therapies such as Schema focused, Cognitive Analytical, and DBT

- Passionate about working with people with a range of complex mental health needs

- Capable of treating difficulties such as self-harm, physical and verbal aggression, history of sexual offending, and drug and alcohol problems

- An excellent communicator

**Benefits:**

- Salary: Up to £63,000pa DOE

- 25 days annual leave plus Bank holidays

- Fully paid training

- Paid DBS

- Free parking

- Courtesy meals and refreshments while on shift

- Shopping and entertainment discount scheme (over 800 retailers)

- NHS Discount (Blue Light Card)

- Cycle to Work scheme

- Opportunities to progress and develop

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## Skills

### Required
- psychological assessments
- therapy
- mental health legislation
- risk assessment
- risk management

### Nice to have
- Schema focused therapy
- Cognitive Analytical therapy
- DBT

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