Part Time Senior Psychologist

• deliver treatment through a descriptive national MHTR pathway, under the supervision of the Lead Psychologist, focussing on provision of brief psychological interventions for difficulties such as low mood and anxiety, within a relatively complex population. This includes service-users with significant trauma histories, learning difficulties, neurodevelopmental conditions, and those who have attracted a diagnosis of personality disorder
• lead a team of primary care practitioners to oversee and complete initial assessments for the service to identify areas for treatment delivery for individual therapeutic interventions
• make appropriate recommendations or provide a clear rationale for declining the appropriateness/suitability for a MHTR and provide information to Probation in the pre-sentence report
• develop evidence based-clinical interventions bespoke to individual’s needs, oversee service evaluation projects, supervise junior staff and work closely with probation officers, who act as the lead professional for the case and take part in post sentence case management meetings.  

Practice Plus Group are the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. We aim to deliver a truly integrated model that will guide all groups involved in the judicial pathway to provide a more meaningful experience to the individuals involved.