Senior Registered Psychologist – Psychology Services – Safety - National (Ref: 16384)

Job summary

This position is based nationally.

Job description

The Safety Support Approach (SSA) has been designed to provide additional safety support, particularly increasing psychologist support, to prisons with the overall goal to improve safety outcomes. SSA covers foundation, sustained and targeted levels of support, with the National Psychology Safety Team now recruiting Senior Psychologists to provide ‘targeted’ support. The targeted approach is an integrated operational and psychological approach, to effectively support prisons to address the risks and needs that have been identified, through data and evidence available. Identified products will require development, piloting and testing, alongside evaluation and whilst these have yet to be formally agreed, they are likely to cover the breadth of psychologist competencies (assessment, intervention, research, consultancy and training). The goal is to create evidence-based safety approaches and products, which if successful in targeted prisons, can offer a preventative and proactive foundation offer for all sites.

The job holder will join a growing team of psychologists in the National Psychology Safety Team with a vision to innovate and provide direct support to identified prisons. Job holders will be expected to work in collaboration with the National Safety Group, demonstrating a fully integrated approach with joint decision making and governance and are expected to possess skills required to collaborate and influence across a range of departments, agencies, teams and prisons. The job holder will be working with complex individuals and staff and applying their experience and competence in the area of psychology to reduce the risk of harm and improve safety outcomes by undertaking assessments and interventions (individual and/ or group), conducting research, providing consultancy and co-designing/ delivering training for staff. As a Senior Psychologist, the job holder will be expected to provide oversight and strategic input into the delivery of the targeted safety support offer, working closely with Principal Psychologists and the Lead Psychologist for Safety.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Licences

•The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title.
•The post holder should have two years post registration experience at the point of taking up post.

Memberships

•The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title.
•The post holder should have two years post registration experience at the point of taking up post.

Languages

Written and Spoken English

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £55,457, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £16,065 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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