Location: Exeter, EX1 3RB
Salary: £62215.00 to £72293.00
Date posted: 7th March 2025
Closing date: 19th March 2025
Principal Clinical Psychologist Mental Health Treatment Requirements
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Job Description:
A Principal Clinical Psychologist is required to join the team as part of the exciting new Integrated Non-Custodial Services (INCS) contract, which has been awarded to DPT for the next seven years.
The INCS contract brings together CJL&D, Reconnect and the Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTRs) in order to deliver care and support for individuals to address their health care needs and offending behaviour from custody diversion through to release back to the community.
The MHTR service delivers Mental Health Treatment Requirements to individuals who have received a community sentence from the courts which has an MHTR as an element of the order. MHTRs are designed to support individuals with low to medium mental health needs where the court considers that an individuals mental health is linked to their offending.
This post is offered at Band 8b subject to Job Evaluation Process
Main duties of the job
- To beresponsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of clients in the Community Sentence Treatment Requirement Team within the Trust.
- To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care.
- To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- To act as Clinical Lead for Mental Health Treatment Requirements as part of a Court Order.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise delegated responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
- To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team / service.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Contact information:
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Russell Norton
07879525210
