Job Description (JD)
Band 7
Group Profile - Registered Practitioner (RP)
Job Description - RP: Registered Psychologist
Document Ref.
JES 219 JD B7 RP Registered Psychologist v7.0
Document Type
Management
Version
7.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
02/08/19
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
JES 219 JD B7 RP Registered Psychologist v7.0
Job Description
Job Title
RP : Registered Psychologist
Group Profile
Registered Practitioner
Organisation Level
Functional Specialist
Band
7
Overview of the job
This is non-operational prisoner facing job
Summary
The job holder will be working with prisoners and staff and applying their
competence in the area of psychology to reduce the risk of harm and of re-offending
by undertaking a range of work including risk assessment of prisoners, conducting
research, providing consultancy and delivering training for staff and assessment and
interventions for prisoners. This is non-operational and non-rotational prisoner
facing job
This job holder will be able to provide designated support and supervision to trainee
psychologists
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
? Offer authoritative professional advice on targets and objectives for relevant
offenders and advise on the best location for those offenders (both within the
establishment or relocation to another category establishment)
? Offer professional opinion to teams conducting prisoner reports e.g. lifer
reports, parole reports
? Develop strategy and plans of activity for some areas of operation e.g. manages
the organisation of Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP) assessments or
manages assessment and interviews indeterminate sentence prisoners
? Provide consultancy support to colleagues such as the establishments SMT or
other teams in relation to psychology services and outcomes.
? Conduct relevant research including data gathering and analysis
JES 219 JD B7 RP Registered Psychologist v7.0
? Responsible for managing and providing supervision to trainee forensic
psychology staff
? Provide training, mentoring and support to trainee psychologists and other staff
(e.g. interventions staff).
? Can be required to provide professional (designated) supervision of trainee’s
e.g. professional Supervision to ensure that a trainee is able to develop through
the key steps towards chartered and registered status.
? Ensure 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 prisoners
? Lead on risk assessment and resulting risk management of prisoners
? Participate in risk assessment of prisoners to determine their risk of harm to
self, others and the risk of reoffending. May undertake Assessment, Care in
Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) and self-harm assessments.
? Can be required to deliver and/or oversee the quality of programmes
(treatment management). These will be of the more complex type requiring
such qualified input
? Provide consultancy role on specialist area e.g. Sex Offender Treatment
Programme (SOTP) strategy or Indeterminate Sentenced Prisoners (ISP) Strategy
? Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been
demonstrated
? 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.
? Maintain own Continued Professional Development (CPD) an registration with
the Health Professions Council (HPC)
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
JES 219 JD B7 RP Registered Psychologist v7.0
Behaviours
? Making Effective Decisions
? Leadership
? Communicating and Influencing
? Working Together
? Developing Self and Others
Strengths
NB: The below are for guidance only. It is advised strengths are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
? Possess a professional background in one of the following
disciplines: Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing
? Experience in providing clinical supervision
? Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best
practise
Technical
? Qualified and registered clinician with an associated and
Requirements
relevant professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS, BABCP, UKCP
? Qualification in Clinical Supervision
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
? 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
JES 219 JD B7 RP Registered Psychologist v7.0
Success Profile
Technical
Strengths
N.B these are the technical
requirements for the group profile,
Behaviours
It is advised strengths are
Ability
Experience
please check the individual job
chosen locally,
description relating to this group
recommended 4-8.
profile for the any job specific
requirements and add if required.
Possess a professional
Qualified and registered clinician
background in one of the
with an associated and relevant
Making Effective Decisions
following disciplines:
professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS,
Psychotherapy, Psychology,
BABCP, UKCP
Psychiatry, Nursing
Experience in providing clinical
Leadership
Qualification in Clinical Supervision
supervision
Completed relevant training in
Communicating and Influencing
effective models of treatment and
best practise
Working Together
Developing Self and Others
JES 219 JD B7 RP Registered Psychologist v7.0