Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist - Home Based Community

Job Description

Norfolk or Suffolk (role based from home in these areas)Full Time / Part Time / Flexible Working ConsideredPermanent contract We are open to an informal discussion around flexible working This service is part of our Community Partnerships Division who this year had their CQC rating as good. Below are some of the comments from service users our services support:Changed my life and staff were incredible, faultless, supportive, skilled, lovely and polite."The therapy that I was provided with was like no other I had received in 30 years.Unique opportunity to workfor St Andrews in our Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) services, working with offenders to help them lead healthy and law abiding lives. This service delivers therapeutic interventions into the probation service through the Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) programme. The service is run by St Andrews Healthcare, one of the UKs leading Mental Health Charities, as one of a numberof subcontractors delivering rehabilitation for offenders who are being managed on probation by the National Probation Service (NPS).The role will be homebased, however travel for the post is needed and a full driving licence and access to a car will be required. Travel expenses will be reimbursed.The St Andrews CSTR programme is a new initiative aimed at providing continuity of care, including mental health treatment to service users within the criminal justice system. The aim of the programme is to reduce reoffending rates by enhancing the overallrecovery chances of individual service users. The programme provides psychological therapies on a one to one basis in probation offices and courts. The majority of work is currently undertaken online.The successful applicant will be part of a well-established team dedicated to the delivery of high-quality mental health services to support offenders who have been referred for mental health treatment by the court. Duties are varied, but will include linemanagement and clinical supervision of Assistant Psychologists, psychological assessment of clients, delivering specific psychological treatments, maintaining patient records and outcome measures, as well as on-going service development.Within the role, you will be encouraged to develop your strengths and skills through a robust structure of clinical supervision and opportunities for professional development. You will also be supported to develop your role within our service according toyour specific strengths and areas of professional interest. St Andrews has an excellent record of providing opportunities for research, training and continuing professional development so you will also have access to peer support from the wider Charity, aswell as regular CPD events.Due to the pioneering nature of this service, there will be opportunities for service development including co-production with service users and an interest and enthusiasm in these areas is desired along with a demonstrated trackrecord in finding novel ways of of engaging service users in psychological treatment who have typically struggled to benefit from or be accepted into available statutory and third sector services.We are looking for a proactive, innovative and hands-on, Clinical/Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist with a strong client-focus, excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude, able to work independently as well as closely and collaboratively witha team co-located within an external organisation. You will be eager to take ownership and responsibility for delivering your work and will be self-driven, results-oriented and be able to demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills, combinedwith the ability to prioritise a substantial workload in a balanced and flexible way. Given the population, prior experience of working within the criminal justice system is an advantage but it is essential to have considerable skills in working with complexmental health presentations such as psychosis, complex trauma and addictions.The role is primarily based in offices and courts within Norwich, and is mainly undertaken online due to infection control. A travel allowance is provided, though travel outside of Norfolk, Suffolk and London is reimbursed separately. The role will involvesome travel to St Andrews at its Northampton site for the purposes of induction, training and development.Our service is part of St Andrews Consultancy Service which operates primarily from Northampton delivering a range of community based services across London, Northampton, East of England and East Midlands. For example, we offer psychological consultancyservices into residential childrens homes and into Tertiary Education establishments. We also have an Expert Witness Service and an established private therapy clinic. The successful applicant will therefore be part of a wider team of twelve enthusiasticpsychologists who work flexibly with one another to support our overall service objectives. Therefore, we would enthusiastically welcome applications from someone who is eager to join this supportive team and work with us to grow and develop the ConsultancyService as a whole, especially with regard to developing new services.As a CQC regulated provider of healthcare, from 1 April 2022 we will be required to ensure that all of our workforce have had both first and second COVID-19 vaccinations (except for those who can demonstrate they are medically exempt).RewardWe offer an excellent benefits package including pension, 38 days holiday, sickness policy on par with NHS, life cover, car lease scheme, cycle to work scheme and childcare vouchers and opportunities for research, teaching and continuing professional development.To find out more about the role please contact Dr James Fowler Clinical Lead for the Service via email : or telephone on or contact James Farrelly, Senior Recruiter on or via email: