Senior Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist

The East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is seeking a Senior Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team. The ELCFS offers support for service users as they leave the inpatient Forensic Directorate to reintegrate and re-establish lives in the community.

The successful candidate will have a key role in providing direct psychological intervention, both individual and group, as well as contributing to MDT working, including leading on psychological formulation and risk meetings. The post holder will also be responsible for the supervision and line management of qualified psychologists, other therapists in the team, as well as peer support workers, trainees and students from training courses.

The ideal candidate will have postgraduate doctoral level training in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). They will also be registered as a practitioner psychologist by the HCPC and have post-qualification experience in adult mental health, including experience at highly specialist level in a forensic or rehabilitation specialism.

The salary for this post is £66,274 to £73,496 per annum, inclusive of HCA.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct psychological intervention, both individual and group
• Contribute to MDT working, including leading on psychological formulation and risk meetings
• Supervise and line manage qualified psychologists, other therapists in the team, as well as peer support workers, trainees and students from training courses
• Develop service user skills
• Support in accommodation
• Accessing education and employment
• Addressing substance misuse
• Access to psychological and recovery focused therapies
• Working with carers
• Peer mentorship
• Development of care pathways and system relationships

Requirements:

• Postgraduate doctoral level training in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist by the HCPC
• Post-qualification experience in adult mental health, including experience at highly specialist level in a forensic or rehabilitation specialism
• Advanced level experience of risk assessments and risk management
• Providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across a range of care settings including community and inpatient