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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 v8.0
Document Type
Management
Version
8.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
31st March 2025
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
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Job Description
Job Title
SRP: Senior Registered Psychologist
Group Profile
Senior Registered Practitioner
Organisation
Functional Specialist
Level
Band
8
Overview of the
This is a non-operational offender facing job.
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.
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).
This is an non-operational job 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
• 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
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• 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
• 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
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• 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.
Civil Service Success Profile Criteria
Behaviours
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
Strengths
We recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally.
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
requirements
Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council
and eligible to use a protected title.
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.
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Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
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