23584 – Senior Counselling/Clinical Psychologist – Psychology Services – YCS Psychology Services – HMYOI Wetherby

Senior counselling/clinical psychologist post in YCS Psychology Services at HMYOI Wetherby near York, part of HMPPS within the Ministry of Justice. The work centres on complex risk assessment, leading individual and group interventions, and advising senior teams on high-risk young people. Line management of trainee psychologists is included in this non-operational role, which covers a trauma-informed service for around 400 children. HCPC registration is required, and youth justice experience is desirable rather than essential.

What the job involves

• Carry out complex risk assessments and manage risk for complex, vulnerable or high-risk offenders, feeding back to individuals and stakeholders
• Deliver, lead and supervise individual and group interventions, including complex programmes
• Conduct full case reviews on difficult cases and advise on sentence plans
• Give professional opinion for risk and parole reports, and act as professional or expert witness in parole, multi-agency and court settings
• Line manage and provide clinical supervision, mentoring and training to trainee psychologists and other staff
• Develop assessment and intervention strategies, for example for sexual offending or indeterminate sentences
• Provide consultancy to colleagues and the senior management team, and assist with national specialist training
• Conduct research, including data gathering and analysis
• Contribute to ACCT, self-harm and personality disorder assessments
• Provide psychological reports for those serving life sentences within set timescales
• Contribute psychological input to wider services, such as the therapeutic community or regime activity
• Maintain HCPC registration, own CPD and accreditation audit baselines

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Registered practitioner psychologist with HCPC, eligible to use a protected title
• Registration as counselling psychologist with HCPC, or counselling psychotherapist with BACP

Experience

• Professional background in psychology
• Two years post-registration experience at taking up post (applications accepted from 18 months)
• Experience of providing clinical supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Completed training in effective models of treatment and best practice
• Written and spoken English
• Motivation and resilience to work with a complex population
• Success Profile behaviours: effective decisions, leadership, communicating and influencing, working together, developing self and others, quality service, delivering at pace

Checks & eligibility

• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules

Nice to have

• Experience of working with children involved in the youth justice system
• Chartered psychologist and full member of the relevant BPS division, where the post requires it

What’s offered

• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• 9 days for bank, public and privilege holidays, added to annual leave
• Annual leave pro-rated, with a holiday year starting 1 March
• Hybrid working where business need allows, UK only
• Part-time, flexible and job-share working considered
• Work life balance arrangements
• Season ticket advance after two months’ service
• Training and development, including promotion programmes

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