Are you excited by the challenge of launching a new service? Following on from a successful pilot in Brighton, the Reflect Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service is ready to expand to Crawley. Reflect is commissioned by NHS England to provide Community Sentence Treatment Requirements in collaboration with the Probation Service and substance use services. The new service will provide Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement for eligible people who are sentenced at Crawley Magistrate Court and county wide Crown Courts.
You will be based in Crawley Probation and work closely with our partner agencies, the Probation Service and Change, Grow, Live (CGL), to deliver high quality, evidence based psychologically informed interventions to an often high need and marginalised population.
As the Clinical Lead Psychologist you will lead a small team of multi professionals, having operational, strategic oversight and clinical responsibility for the service. You will play an integral role in shaping the service, supporting the team, building relationships with our partners and reporting to NHS England. You will support the team in their assessments and formulations, deliver training and clinically supervise team members.
Experience of working in the Criminal Justice System and primary care settings is advantageous but not essential.
You will provide a professional and clinical leadership role within the service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to clients, where there are highly complex presentations.
You will be responsible for the supervision and governance of a group of mental health practitioners of various professional backgrounds. You will support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.
You will utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
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Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes
Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park!
Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline, including Hastings, Bexhill on Sea and Eastbourne
Easy access to airports - Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 90 minutes of the county, providing links to Europe and beyond
Brighton and Hove or London are within easy reach via local and national bus routes and national mainline stations
You will be an applied psychologist with a core professional qualification recognised by the HCPC, and significant experience of working at a Senior Practitioner Psychologist level or similar, preferably in a service working with people with offending histories and / or high risk / challenging behaviours and presentations.
You will be able to demonstrate excellent consultation, communication and collaboration skills, and a successful / effective approach when working with a range of stakeholders / agencies within Health and Criminal Justice contexts. You will also be able to demonstrate experience in leadership roles, and will be an effective teacher, trainer and mentor to the staff you lead and support. A main part of the role is to produce psychological formulations for court report with a relatively quick turn-around. Experience of formulating, treatment planning, and communicating assessment outcomes to laymen is essential.
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