Forensic Psychologist

Bramley Health; Bexhill-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A mental health organization in Bexhill-on-Sea is seeking a Forensic Psychologist to join their Psychology department on a part-time basis. The role involves conducting psychological assessments, formulating treatment plans, and delivering psychotherapeutic interventions. Candidates must be registered with HCPC and have experience with challenging behavior and psychometric testing. This position provides opportunities for training and career advancement, along with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Career advancement opportunities

Retail discounts

Travel discounts for holidays

Energy bill savings

24/7 confidential counselling

Qualifications

• Must have professional registration with the HCPC.
• Experience in formulating treatment plans for challenging behavior.
• Skilled in administering and interpreting psychometric tests.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological interviews and assessments.
• Provide psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions.
• Develop and implement psychotherapeutic programs.

Skills

Professional Registration as a Psychologist with the HCPC

Experience of assessing Challenging Behaviour

Proficiency in administering psychometric testing

Familiarity with the Care Programme Approach

Experience of indirect clinical work

Job description

We have an opportunity for a Forensic Psychologist, to join our Psychology department at the Langford Centre, working part time 2/3 days per week, across our acute wards.

Based in Bexhill on Sea, The Langford Centre is a highly regarded mental health hospital, with 73 service users with a range of conditions, being treated over 6 wards.

As Forensic Psychologist you'll deliver a specialist service, to run assessments and evaluations to implement psychological interventions. Enabling the effective delivery of our psychology programme.

Responsibilities Of The Forensic Psychologist Post Include

• You will be responsible for conducting psychological interviews, deriving information from self-report measures, rating scales, psychometrics (where necessary), direct and indirect structured observations etc.
• Provide psychotherapeutic assessments.
• You must be skilled in risk assessment and management.
• You will be responsible for running and evaluating psychological tests, providing feedback sensitively.
• Formulate and implement plans for formal psychotherapeutic intervention and/or management of a client's mental health problems.
• To be responsible for the assessment, formulation and implementation of psychotherapeutic programmes, for the specific clinical area.

A full list of duties is available upon request.

About you, the successful Forensic Psychologist

• Professional Registration as a Psychologist with the HCPC
• Experience of assessing Challenging Behaviour, formulating underlying functions and needs, and designing behavioural or treatment plans accordingly.
• Proficiency in and experienced with administering psychometric testing, and incorporating results into assessment and formulation, and the design of care packages.
• Familiarity with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Experience of indirect clinical work, such as consultation with multi-disciplinary teams to support their therapeutic interventions with service users.

Desirable

• Post qualification training in one or more therapeutic approaches, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy, or Systemic Psychotherapy.
• Experience of working with Service Users from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds in a forensic environment.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervising members of other professional groups, such as Nurses and Therapeutic Care Workers.
• Experience of running therapeutic groups for service users with mental health problems.
• Experience of working with adults within a rehabilitation setting.

Being Part Of The Bramley Group, You Can Expect

• Training and development opportunities
• Career advancement opportunities
• Retail discounts including food shopping, clothes, electronics
• Travel discounts for holidays
• Energy bill savings
• Online courses virtual, live and interactive to upskill yourself
• Help the planet, plant trees, save turtles!
• 24/7 confidential counselling

If you are interested in finding out more about the Forensic Psychologist role, then please apply today!