Registered Psychologist

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Band 7 registered Psychologist (or about to qualify Band 6) for Pathways Complex Needs Service at HMYOI Aylesbury. Full time & Permanent.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated band 7 registered psychologist – or applicants who are about to qualify Band 6) with experience of working within custody, secure service or with young people presenting with complex needs to support the Pathways team within HMP Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution.

This post is full time and is permanent. The service forms part of the National Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy for high-risk high harm offenders with significant personality difficulties from the South of England and Wales. It is part of the North London Forensic Service (NLFS), which is part of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust. The post is based within the Pathways Complex Needs Service at HMP Aylesbury YOI that caters for prisoners from across the establishment.

This post will work alongside the Occupational, Family, and Art Therapists, Psychologists and Prison officers from the Pathways service in providing a diverse therapy programme. You will be expected to contribute to assessment and treatment planning of those prisoners in the service and run sessions according to the needs of those in the service. The Complex Needs Service provides excellent opportunities for professional development through both in-house and external training opportunities, as well as regular supervision.

Successful candidates will have strong engagement and motivation skills and be able to work well with service users with complex needs and a forensic history. Effective written and verbal communication skills with a working knowledge the occupational therapy process are also essential. The successful candidate would start following successful employment checks and prison vetting.

BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care. BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as ’Outstanding’ by the CQC. We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Chantal Scaillet Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: chantal.scaillet@nhs.net Telephone number: 01296 444040