Location
Bermondsey, close to Surrey Quays station. The service has step-free and lift access. Work from home may be possible, subject to prior agreement.

Hours
30 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 09:00 - 17:00. You may be required to work outside these hours as per service and resident requirements.

Salary
£50,000 (Full time equivalent)
NHS Equivalent Band: 8A

About the Role
A stimulating and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a Practitioner Psychologist with a forensic background. You will work alongside the Group Psychological Lead and other team members within our Independent Approved Premises (IAP) to deliver psychological services to residents and staff. In this role, you will apply your skills and knowledge to build new teams and expand operational delivery within our IAP. You will play a strategic role in organisational growth with new services, focusing on shaping service delivery, offering specialist advice, supervising assistant psychologists, and postgraduate research.

Our IAPs support residents who have left prison and are based within a residential setting to reintegrate into the community. They receive support and guidance to aid reablement, resettlement, and rehabilitation post-prison. You will contribute towards helping residents achieve goals necessary for their personal development and successful community integration.

Key responsibilities include:
- Providing high quality psychological services aligned with the Ministry of Justice's Approved Premises aims.
- Ensuring all services comply with HCPC standards of conduct, performance, and ethics.
- Demonstrating clinical leadership by setting direction for the psychological service and driving high standards for quality, safety, and ongoing improvement.
- Exercising clinical responsibility for residents’ psychological care, selecting appropriate assessments and interventions.
- Consulting with other parties involved in residents’ diagnosis, formulation, treatment, and risk management.
- Creating opportunities to collaborate with peers, including AP-based psychologists nationally and OPD pathway psychologists delivering services to APs.
- Modeling and facilitating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected.

Experience
- Registered Psychologist with HCPC registration and doctoral-level training in forensic, clinical, or counselling psychology.
- Experience working as a registered psychologist in the criminal justice system or forensic mental health setting.
- Experience in psychological assessment and treatment of clients with enduring mental health conditions, complex psychological difficulties, and risks to self and others.
- Experience working in a psychologically informed environment and providing consultation to others.
- Ability to teach, train, consult, and deliver clinical supervision.

About You
You are a dynamic and compassionate professional who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment. You communicate complex and sensitive information with clarity and empathy. A proactive self-starter and team player, you build meaningful relationships, champion diversity and inclusion, and embody values of ambition, empowerment, inclusivity, and transparency.

You have an understanding of criminology, psychology, and behavioural patterns and how these link with different behaviours and engagement. You are able to understand and apply safeguarding protocols as they arise.

Qualifications
Doctoral level training accredited by the HCPC in forensic, clinical, or counselling psychology is essential.