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The post is based at HMP/YOI Isis where you will work with a team of psychological therapists and multi-professional mental health colleagues to embed psychologically informed care in the prison. You should have interests in working with complex trauma where there is associated risk, including providing direct psychological assessments and interventions and working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts mental health disciplines and with other agencies. Oxleas Forensic Psychological Therapies department is an unusually large, long established and nationally well-regarded specialty. Psychological therapists are highly valued within the wider directorate and trust and occupy a variety of service-wide leadership roles, including as Responsible Clinicians. Staff in the Forensic Directorate report the highest levels of job satisfaction in a Trust recognised for positive employee feedback. The Psychological Therapies team is warm and friendly, whilst also being dynamic and innovative. This is a fixed-term post for the period of 1 year. Internal applicants can also be considered for this to be a 1-year secondment. Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post Main duties of the job The post holder will work within a busy multi-disciplinary prison mental health team, comprising psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and nursing staff. They will have responsibility for the delivery of a range of psychological interventions to young adults in custody and working in partnership with health and operational colleagues. Clinical responsibilities will include provision of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based psychological intervention. The postholder will also offer psychological consultation, reflective practice and training to health and operational colleagues to support understanding of the difficulties that young adults in custody may be facing and to support embedding a trauma-informed way of working across the establishment. The postholder will work autonomously with professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Oxleas policies and procedures. The postholder will supervise pre-qualified psychological therapists including assistant psychologists, students, and trainees. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We Listen We Care Job responsibilities KR1 Clinical and Client Care To provide direct psychological care (assessment and intervention) and support the delivery of psychologically informed care by all disciplines within the service. To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans, including taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans with input from clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care. To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with service users, carers or families of referred clients when required. To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care. To produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers. To undertake psychometric and neuropsychological testing as appropriate, including selecting the appropriate tests, administering and scoring the tests in accordance with the manual, and interpreting the findings in the context of all relevant information. To undertake risk assessment, risk monitoring and risk management for individual clients in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate. KR 2 Responsibilities for team and service clinical functioning Attend and contribute to directorate level meetings and forums, as directed. Contribute to the delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination. To advise other colleagues on specialist psychological care of clients. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members. To liaise with the service/s MDT and other professionals. Implement relevant policies and procedures for the safe running of the service. To engage in service improvements through audits and quality improvement initiatives. To ensure the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. Advise professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To participate in Trust and Directorate strategic development and implementation of new initiatives (e.g. national guidelines), including through membership of committees and/or working parties. Apply clinical governance standards within the service and ensure that these are maintained and improved. Provide high quality services that are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the Trust, NHS and government guidance and standards. Participate in service outcome monitoring. KR 4 Management and supervision To provide line management to designated assistant psychologists. Provide supervision to students and trainees and to multi-disciplinary colleagues delivering psychological interventions. To support recruitment of assistant psychologists to the service. For those line managing, to ensure local standards are implemented for the allocation and review of work, job planning, review of performance, sickness management and initial stages of grievance or disciplinary action. To oversee quality line management and supervision within the team structure, ensuring that staff and trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to health care, and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies. To provide highly specialist advice, consultation and training of staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. This may include work with the Criminal Justice System and Childrens Services. KR 5 Teaching and Training To provide and support specialist clinical placements for students and trainees in applied psychological practice. To contribute to the delivery of teaching and training to junior psychological practitioners and specialist training to other professions. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychological therapy and risk assessment / management and to implement knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles. To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of psychological therapies and risk assessment / management, over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed. KR 6 Record-keeping and Information Governance . click apply for full job details

Principal Clinical/Forensic Psychologist The closing date is 22 December 2025 We are looking for a dynamic psychologist to help shape and implement innovation to our offer of support and ways of working with young people, their families and the professional networks around them. Within Community CAMHS we have recognised that some of our current ways of working may not be what is needed for some of the young people and families most in need of care and support and we are committed to work towards change and improvement. If you are passionate about ensuring high quality care for young people and families who experience multi layers of disadvantage, this may be the job for you. This is an exciting development and will offer a psychologist in this post opportunities for service development, leadership, and co production. At the core of this role is the ability to provide psychologically informed support for multiagency and multidisciplinary colleagues, alongside delivering highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with young people and families. A keen interest in working in complex safeguarding and in a multiagency way is essential. You will be supported by a large, compassionate, and professionally diverse team within Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Our service supports flexible working and people that want part time or additional hours may be considered. Main duties of the job Provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people referred to the service. Lead on psychological formulation and care planning within a multi agency context. Offer consultation, training, and support to non psychologist colleagues and carers. Contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and applied research. Supervise and help develop more junior psychologists and trainees. Promote a culture of learning, reflective practice, and collaborative working. About us At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are Outstanding Patient Care, Brilliant Place to Work, and Leaders in Children's Health. We work with partners across local, regional, and national levels to deliver physical and mental healthcare in both acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise. We're proud that 73% of colleagues would recommend Sheffield Children's as a place to work, placing us among the top five NHS trusts in England and the top-ranked trust in the North East and Yorkshire in the latest NHS Staff Survey. Our nearly 4,000 colleagues bring our CARE values Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence to life every day, creating a kind, welcoming environment where patients and families feel safe and supported. As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we're excited to keep building our leadership in children's health, improve experiences for patients and staff, and focus on our communities and population health. We also offer excellent benefits to support your wellbeing, with generous annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing programmes, and exclusive discounts helping you thrive at work and beyond. Job responsibilities For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification. Please note that Sheffield Children's uplift pay to meet the Real Living Wage, which is £12.60 per hour. Diversity Statement At Sheffield Children's, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and supports everyone's success. We prioritise Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our recruitment practices, creating a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ members. Recognising that inclusivity is an ongoing effort, we review our processes and welcome feedback to enhance our practices. A diverse team strengthens our organisation and the quality of care we deliver. For ideas on how we can improve, please contact our Recruitment Manager at . Together, we're building a workplace where everyone belongs. Person Specification Qualifications and Training Post graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology Further specialist training & supervision in specific psychological approaches and with specific client groups supported by a programme of professional development as identified in an agreed personal development plan. Further post doctoral training, supervision and experience in the specific area of service HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice Further formal training, qualification or accreditation in specialised psychological approaches (eg BPS DECP, DNP, UKCP etc). Experience Assessed experience and competencies normally acquired through working as a qualified clinical/forensic psychologist, including significant experience in services for children with mental health, health and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties. Experience of working and communicating with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course; in particular, children of pre school, primary school age and adolescents, as well as work with family groups and adults, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse. Specific experience and competencies in clinical/forensic psychology, including in and out patients and consultation to professional colleagues. Experience of delivering and/or supervising presentations across a range of sectors- including (a) CAMHS, (b) physical health/paediatrics, (c) child development, (d) learning disabilities, (e) neuropsychology, (f) social services/child protection, (g) Pre school/Early Years, (h) adolescence, (i) forensic, (j) primary care and community development. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co ordinator and also within the context of a multi disciplinary care plan. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision. Experience of representing a psychological perspective within the context of multi disciplinary care. Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings. Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of children with specific health or developmental difficulties. Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts. Knowledge and Skills Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children of all ages, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge and or equivalent of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology. Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. eating disorder, dual diagnoses, child protection, chronic or terminal illness, severely challenging behaviours etc.). Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and intervention approaches in specific modalities (e.g. family therapy, cognitive therapy, psychotherapy etc.) or integrative approaches. Personal Attributes Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours. Ability to identify, and employ as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Commitment and competencies in multi disciplinary and multi agency working. Ability to develop and use complex multi media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust £64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum pro rata

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust Clinical Psychologist The closing date is 24 December 2025 We are looking for a dedicated individual to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop the delivery of the Clinical and Forensic Psychology services provided by the Kolvin Service. The Kolvin Service compromises a regional community adolescent forensic mental health service, a nationally commissioned FCAMHS provision; and mental health and forensic services into two Secure Children's Homes in the North East for young people aged 10-18 years. The Kolvin Service collaboratively leads on the implementation of the SECURE STAIRS framework at Aycliffe Secure Centre and Kyloe House Secure Children's Homes (SCHs). The SECURE STAIRS framework represents a shift in focus within the secure estate from interventions focussed solely at young people, to trauma-informed care focussed on the whole system. The current position will be part of the integrated provision into the SCHs. The post holder will be complementing and developing a multi-disciplinary service provision. The post holder will also contribute to the multi-disciplinary team embedding the SECURE STAIRS framework at the Secure Children's Homes. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will therefore need to be (commensurate with experience) confident in providing high quality, evidence-based assessments and interventions, have experience of psychotherapies, trauma-informed care, and have an understanding and experience of working with young people with mental health, behavioural and emotional difficulties in complex environments and demonstrable research competency. Employing leadership skills to embed trauma-informed care will be a key component of the role. Developing and delivering staff training and reflective practice will also form part of this role. The post holder will possess excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to work independently. There will be a requirement to share knowledge and skills specific to communication to other members of the team including stakeholders. Regular support and supervision will be available, and professional supervision will be provided by a senior psychologist. The post holder will be expected to actively engage in the supervision and the continuing professional development process. About us We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career. NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration. Person Specification Education and Qualification Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society and the HCPC. HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist Pre-qualification training and experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Knowledge and Experience Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across range of care settings Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts Skills and Competencies Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Skills in evidence based psychological interventions Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Role/Team Specific Requirements Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust