Prison Psychologist

As part of a dedicated primary care mental health team, you will deliver high-volume, low-intensity interventions, including a range of CBT-based self-management techniques, for clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assessing and supporting people with mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery.
• Undertaking person-centred interviews identifying areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
• Providing assessment and low intensity interventions.
• Implementing and supporting a range of evidence-based interventions utilising a self-management model of mental health care.
• Attending multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment.
• Working closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
• Working in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate, in relation to continuing care on release from prison.
• Ensuring the accurate entry of clinical data onto agreed systems, maintaining the highest standards of clinical record keeping.
• Adhering to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.

Requirements:

• Experience working in a prison environment or experience of working with offenders.
• Accredited PWP, either BACP or BPS.
• Evidence of working within a stepped care service with people who have experienced a mental health problem delivering and demonstrating recovery outcomes.
• Knowledge of assessment procedures, screening, referral, record-keeping, and evidence-based brief psychological interventions.
• The ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and practice in a non-discriminatory manner, respecting the beliefs and cultural practices of individuals and groups.
• Experience of using clinical outcome measures to inform practice.
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
• The ability to prioritise workload demands and positively respond to unforeseen challenges.
• Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months. On the update service? You could be fast tracked through our recruitment process today.
• Willingness to complete an enhanced DBS if you do not currently hold one.

Working with Archer Resourcing

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‍Must be eligible to work in the U.K