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Job summary

Main area
Forensics
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
277-7454384-FOR
Employer
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Holyrood Street
Town
London
Salary
£56,276 - £63,176 pa inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/11/2025 23:59
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Psychological Therapist/CBT Therapist

Band 7

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a newly commissioned pan-London Men’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) service to reduce custodial sentences and improve the wellbeing of men in the criminal justice system with mental health needs. Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. Treatment requirements offer courts an alternative to short custodial sentences and aim to prevent reoffending by addressing underlying vulnerabilities and improving quality of life. This service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions and advice. The MHTR Service will also provide the courts with information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
Oxleas are recruiting 2.0 WTE B7 posts to work across South London, on behalf of the South London Partnership (SLP); a forensic provider collaborative which partners forensic services across three NHS Trusts, including Oxleas, South London and Maudsley and South West London and St George's NHS Foundation Trusts.

Main duties of the job

These posts will be responsible for assessing for suitability and making recommendations for MHTRs and for delivering short-term psychological interventions for those that are sentenced to an MHTR. We expect all of the MHTR services to work closely together to ensure that there is consistency in the MHTR service being offered across London.
The successful candidates will hold a clinical caseload and be responsible for supervision of the Senior Assistant Psychologist team. We hope to recruit a staff team reflective of the population we serve and welcome applications from those with protected characteristics, including minoritised ethnic groups. Candidates will be given the opportunity to be considered for all five MHTR band 7 posts at interview; as there are 3 other Band 7 posts being advertised simultaneously in North London, on behalf of the North London Forensic Collaborative. All trusts support flexible working and applications for secondments to this substantive role will be considered.
We welcome applicants who are newly qualified or are approaching qualification who are enthusiastic and dedicated to working in this field, with or without prior experience in secure or forensic services.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We’re Kind
  • We’re Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Assessment of men prior to sentencing to consider suitability for an MHTR

· Providing short-term psychological interventions for those that are sentenced to an MHTR

· Liaison with stakeholders including probation colleagues and court staff Supervision of prequalified staff including trainees and assistant psychologists

· Involvement in service research, audits and development

· The postholder will supervise pre-qualified psychological therapists including assistant psychologists

Please see attached document for full Job Description and Person Specification

 

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally & internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy & policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

With us, you will get -

· A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.

· An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers

· Flexible working

· Variety of work

· Access to a variety of CPD opportunities

We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group’s needs.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (ie professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in forensic / secure settings

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Phil Minoudis
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07961474 117

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