Overview
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Location: Various locations across Scotland
Pay Band: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Salary: £43,709 – £46,935
Closing Date: 2024-11-04
Hours of Work: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Job Purpose:
To work providing key psychological provision to the requirements of the population. Including; conducting risk assessment, treatment interventions, supervision, case management and delivering training.
You will be able to work across more than one establishment, providing variety to your daily role and supporting continued professional development through breadth of experience.
With effect from 1 December 2024, the SPS is reducing its full-time contractual hours from 37 to 35 hours per week without a reduction in pay.
Responsibilities:
To provide risk assessment and OLR case management, including preparation of Risk Management Plans.
To supervise high intensity offending behaviour programmes.
To communicate complex psychological information to RMT’s and parole boards as required.
To identify and ensure CPD requirements for Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration are met and attend CPD training in psychological practice as required by psychological services.
To provide high intensity individual psychological therapy intervention work.
To provide line management to Assistant Psychologists (AP) and where required, to provide supervision to Forensic Psychologists in Training as a Designated Supervisor.
Person Specification
SPS recruitment and selection practice is based on the fundamentals of our Behavioural Competency Framework. This identifies behaviours and standards required both of applicants seeking to join us, and our staff in their respective roles. Assessment of specific behaviours, of which there are twelve, will be determined by the role you are applying for. Whilst it is unlikely you will be assessed on all of them , you will be assessed on these identified as key to role.
Qualifications Requirements
MSc in Forensic psychology (BPS accredited). (Essential)
Experience Requirements
Knowledge Skills Requirements
Risk assessment report writing
Supervision of OBP’s and Providing 1:1 psychological interventions (can include OBP work).
Working knowledge and delivery experience of high intensity intervention group work.
Competent in designing, conducting, analysing and evaluating applied psychological research
Selection Methods Please refer to full job description on SPS career site.