Job overview

Are You a Psychologist Who Wants to Make a Difference to Offender Care Across Coventry & Warwickshire?

Come & Join Our Growing Forensic CMHT

We are recruiting a Forensic / Clinical Psychologist to support the leadership of our projects, enhancing the delivery of services offered to patients who present with a risk to others.  

We are looking for a psychologist who is experienced working within prison &/or secure care settings & offering support & consultation to colleagues. This role involves liaising across teams in CWPT & with partner agencies across the criminal justice network.

Make a real impact where it matters most.

We’re looking for a passionate, confident professional who is driven to improve outcomes for people with complex mental health needs within the criminal justice system.

You’ll bring strong clinical confidence & experience in forensic settings, using your knowledge of Forensic Psychology to inform consultation, risk management, & treatment recommendations. Just as importantly, you’ll be skilled at empowering & motivating others—helping multidisciplinary teams feel confident, capable, & supported when working with highly complex cases.

A key part of this role is translating complex psychological concepts into clear, practical guidance that meaningfully changes how staff work with service users. If you enjoy influencing practice beyond direct clinical work, this role offers real scope to do just that.

Please see Job advert for full details.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment & therapy, using highly complex psychological data gained from a variety of sources. This includes forensic assessments & interventions of risk to others. 

To ensure the systematic provision of psychological service, including the responsibility to prioritise work appropriately

To communicate assessment results, formulations, outcome data, & other complex & sensitive information orally & in written form to support the work of colleagues.

To provide highly specialist psychological advice, consultation & supervision to other professionals & staff contributing to the formulation, diagnosis, treatment plan & management of clients, both within & outside the Trust.

To contribute to the development of services, reviewing service outcomes, designing & participating in audit, research & clinical governance initiatives, & working cooperatively with colleagues to achieve service goals & maximise service effectiveness. This will involve communication with a wide range of clinical & managerial colleagues, within & outside the Trust

 To provide supervision to other psychological staff, to trainee clinical/counselling psychologists on placement, to volunteers & other colleagues, including professional & doctoral research supervision, as required.

To provide management of junior Psychological Services staff.

To offer formulation, reflective practice & case consultation to staff working with people who present with a risk to others.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
•  excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.