Job Description (JD)
Band 8
Group Profile: Senior Registered Practitioner (SRP)
Job Description: SRP: Senior Registered Psychologist
Document Ref.
OR-JES-220-JD-B8 : SRP : Senior Registered Psychologist v7.0
Document Type
Management
Version
7.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
24 August 2022
Status
Baselined
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Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
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Reward Team
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7OR-JES-220-JD-B8 : SRP : Senior Registered Psychologist v7.0
Job Description
Job Title
SRP: Senior Registered Psychologist
Group Profile
Senior Registered Practitioner
Organisation Level
Functional Specialist
Band
8
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational offender facing job.
Summary
The job holders covered by this job description are usually categorised as specialists
in their field or those whose role requires significant additional experience, training
and personal development.
The job holder will largely excel in the area of risk assessment or be a specialist in a
specific area such as working with those convicted of sexual offending. At this level
the jobholder may have responsibility for the key specialist tasks involved in the
delivery of a programme or related individual case management which would also
entail overseeing the quality of delivery and supervision. They will also provide
direction and support for other supervisors. This is a non-operational and non-
rotational job.
The job holder will be working with complex individuals and staff and applying their
experience and competence in the area of psychology to reduce the risk of harm and
re-offending by undertaking complex risk assessments , conducting research,
providing consultancy and delivering training for staff and interventions (individual
and group).
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
• Conducts full case reviews on difficult cases and offers authoritative advice
on next steps relating to sentence plan
• Specialises in delivery of psychology services in settings such as therapeutic
community wings or PIPEs
• Lead and supervise and facilitate group sessions
• Offers professional opinion to multi-functional teams conducting offender
reports e.g. risk reports, parole reports on high risk or vulnerable offenders
• Develops and/or strategies such as sexual offending or indeterminate
sentence assessment and intervention strategy
• Delivers and supervises (treatment management) the delivery of more
complex programmes e.g. healthy sex programme
• Provides consultancy support to colleagues such as Senior Management
Team (SMT) in relation to psychology services and outcomes
• Conducts relevant research including data gathering and analysis
• 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
• Responsible for managing and providing professional supervision to trainee
forensic psychology staff
• Provides supervision, training, mentoring and support to trainee
psychologists and where relevant other staff such as interventions staff
• Assist in national specialist tasks such as training on courses related to their
specialist discipline
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• Provides professional supervision to support a trainee in developing
through the key steps towards chartered and registered status. This may be
as a coordinating or designated supervisor
• Ensures staff are developed in accordance with key competencies and
gateways and ensuring consistency across the team in the application of
policies and procedures affecting staff and offenders
• Leads on risk assessment and resulting risk management of complex,
vulnerable or high risk offenders. Will be competent to undertake the full
range of risk assessments including the more complex risk assessments.
Gives feedback of the assessment to the individual and other stakeholders
• Contributes to other offender management processes (usually with more
complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork
(ACCT) assessments and self-harm or personality disorder assessments)
• Provides consultancy role to wider team on their specialist activity. Visit a
range of sites/forums to advise on complex cases
• Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been
demonstrated
• Manage own Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements and
maintains professional standards
• Ensure they maintain their professional Health and Care Professions Council
(HCPC) registration
• Provide a psychological contribution to the work of areas of the wider
service provision (such as a therapeutic community or regime activity)
• Provide psychological reports when requested for those convicted of a life
sentence and to submit within the appropriate time framework
• Responsible for relevant accreditation audit baselines as detailed in the
audit document
• Line management of trainee psychologists
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.
Behaviours
•
Making Effective Decisions
•
Leadership
•
Communicating and Influencing
•
Working Together
•
Developing Self and Others
•
Managing a Quality Service
•
Delivering at Pace
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Experience
Possess a professional background in Psychology
Experience in providing clinical supervision
Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practise
They are likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and Full member of the
appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it.
Technical
The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care
requirements
Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title.
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Ability
Minimum Eligibility
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• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 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
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
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Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Making Effective Decisions
Possess a professional background
The job holder will be a
in Psychology
Registered Practitioner
Psychologist with the Health
and Care Professions Council
and eligible to use a protected
title.
Leadership
Experience in providing clinical
supervision
Communicating and Influencing
Completed relevant training in
effective models of treatment and
best practise
Working Together
They are likely to also be a
Chartered Psychologist and Full
member of the appropriate division
of the BPS if the post requires it.
Developing Self and Others
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Choose an item.
7OR-JES-220-JD-B8 : SRP : Senior Registered Psychologist v7.0