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Job Description (JD)
Band 10
Group Profile: Regional Lead (RL)
Job Description: RL: Psychology
Document Ref.
OR-JES-444-JD-B10: RL: Psychology v8.0
Document Type
Management
Version
8.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
1st April 2025
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
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Job Description
Job Title
RL: Psychology
Group Profile
Regional Lead
Organisation
Senior Management
Level
Band
10
Overview of the
This is non-operational offender facing job.
job
Summary
The job holder reports directly to the Directorate Lead
Psychologist or HMPPS Lead Psychologist. The role is to
support the PGD/RPD and regional services by providing a
consultancy service to colleagues in relation to the assessment,
intervention and management of offenders. In addition, they will
provide advice/guidance and develop strategies to achieve best
practice in these areas across CJS settings in their span of
control. This will be completed in conjunction with colleagues
and stakeholders throughout the HMPPS estate and within
Headquarters.
The job holder will manage the regional Psychology operation
(delivering the service) and lead regionally on the strategic
theme of reducing reoffending.
This is a non-operational role with line management
responsibilities. This role is non-rotational.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Accountable for providing advice and support to
establishments and the PGD/RPD regarding needs analyses,
delivery models, make or buy decisions for psychological
services and other related specialist services where expertise
is required.
• Accountable for identifying/developing the best use of
psychological and other specialist resource from within the
organisation via external partners, playing an active part in
corporate decision-making regarding psychology and market
development/delivery.
• Accountable for managing and directing the work of the
psychological services delivery team for their span of control
and may manage other rehabilitative functions delivery.
• Accountable for the organisation and professional leadership
of psychology services in the region including policy
development and integration into wider agenda.
• Accountable for developing a strategy for
identification/delivery of risk assessment service across
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establishments and potentially across other providers where
this is warranted.
• Accountable for developing and coordinating local and
regional initiatives in psychology services.
• Accountable where commissioned to provide Clinical
management of special units including Personality disorder
units.
• Accountable for taking forward the Improved Access to
Psychological Therapies agenda with health colleagues.
• Accountable for developing and delivering regional workforce
planning strategy to meet demand for psychological services.
• Accountable for leading on risk management strategy for
intervention outcome assessments - by linking structured
intervention assessment products into Parole Board process
etc.
• Accountable for developing and delivering necessary training
regarding risk assessment/crisis intervention/specialised
services.
• Accountable for developing regional succession planning
models.
• Accountable for developing/delivering a negotiation advisor
service within the region and support national level initiatives.
• Accountable for developing and maintaining a strategy for
training Trainee Psychologists within the region.
• Accountable for overseeing, where appropriate, consultation
exercises with staff and offenders for example Measuring the
Quality of Prison Life/Staff Quality of Life (MQPL/SQL).
• Accountable for leading on relevant contributions to
Independent Monitoring Board/Inspection/Public Protection
Office reports and queries.
• Accountable for providing short term evaluation of
effectiveness of relevant psychological intervention within the
region.
• Accountable for contributing towards the choice of the
appropriate balance of programmes/interventions,
coordinating completion of needs analysis.
• Accountable for leading on key areas of offender risk
assessment.
• Accountable for completing research work to support regional
office. Provide central research advice role to region and
point of contact for national research policy/strategy.
• Accountable for promoting the work of the Service through
preparing and disseminating research findings detailing
clinical practice and outcomes.
• Accountable for coordinating regional activity and providing
consultancy support for a range of issues e.g. Safer
Custody/Resettlement/ Treatment Programmes.
• Accountable for leading the admissions, applications and
referral process for prisoners applying to relevant settings.
• Accountable for commissioning external providers as
required to deliver identified services.
• Accountable for developing, delivering and evaluating training
for psychology and wider staff group.
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• Accountable for supervising trainee psychologists’
organisational outputs (e.g. risk reports).
• Accountable for providing professional guidance to registered
psychologist colleagues.
• Accountable for conducting Psychological Assessments as
required.
• Accountable for conducting individual interventions as
required.
• Accountable for ensuring that psychologists have a clearly
defined remit in leading on identified tasks.
• Act as mentor and exhibit appropriate role modelling to pre-
registered psychologists and less experienced staff.
• Act as a “professional witness" in parole board hearings,
multi-agency meetings, and other formal settings where
psychology input is required. May also act as expert witness
in respect of court proceedings for Ministry of Justice.
• Accountable for managing and providing professional
supervision to forensic psychology staff.
• Manage the appropriate authorisation of financial compliance
statements.
• Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial
procedures outlined in the budget delegation.
• Accountable for assisting with specialist investigations.
• Manage own Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
and ensure compliance with Health and Care Professions
Council (HCPC) standards. Maintain HCPC registered
status.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is
at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is
expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of
a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments
may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme
and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence
through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales)
Welsh.
Civil Service Success Profile Criteria
Behaviours
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
Strengths
We recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally.
Experience
• Experience of delivering psychological services directly, and
through a managed team.
• Experience of delivering consultancy at a Senior
Management level and working across a broader Reducing
Reoffending Agenda.
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Technical
• Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and
requirements
Care Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title.
• Chartered Psychologist and full member of the appropriate
division of the British Psychological Society (BPS) if the post
requires it.
Ability
Minimum
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Eligibility
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 12 months’
probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they
have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a
group or organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
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