Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Assistant Psychologists to join the multidisciplinary team providing services under supervision to our inpatient services for men and women, based in Norwich. The current post-holders are moving on due to successful applications in the doctorate of clinical psychology training.

Our inpatient secure services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justice services. NSFT Secure Services offer low and medium secure mental health services for men, an innovative integrated secure mental health service for women, mental health and personality disorder services in the local prisons, community forensic services, criminal justice liaison and diversion services and Offender Personality Disorder services in partnership with probation services.

Main duties of the job

One post holder will be allocated to Whitlingham Ward, Hellesdon hospital, a 16-bedded blended security ward for women. The second post holder will be allocated to Drayton ward, a medium secure ward for men. 

The post-holders will work alongside the qualified psychologist for the ward, and under the umbrella of the wider, well-established NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team.

Within this role, you will have the opportunity to help deliver risk assessments, mental health assessments and psychological interventions to service users, as well as co-facilitating therapeutic group work.

As part of the MDT, you will be working with the ward team to help create and implement positive behaviour support plans, and to support the ward team with psychological formulations and psychologically informed practice.

The posts involve working with a range of mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, personality disorder and neurodevelopmental disorders. There will also be the opportunity to learn about offence specific assessments, formulations and interventions which are delivered by the team.

Working for our organisation

As a part of the wider NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team, the post-holder will receive regular clinical and management supervision, and also professional and governance support from within the team. Within NSFT Secure Services we employ a diverse and supportive team of psychologists, including clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists, and we are able offer our team members the opportunity to continue to develop their expertise via training and development opportunities in different parts of our service. We have an exceptional track record for supporting our Assistant Psychologists into further professional training, and have excellent links with the University of East Anglia.