Clinical Associate Psychologist; CAP

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) to join our mental health care team at HMP Kirkham, a Category D open prison for males, located near Preston, Lancashire.

This is a brand new role, and is a fantastic opportunity to work in an ever-changing, challenging environment, which is hugely rewarding!

Within this role you will support and enhance the psychological care of patients, providing psychological assessments and low to medium intensity psychological interventions.

Part time, 15 hours per week, working 2 days per week (flexible on the days worked) 08:00 - 16:00 / 09:00 - 17:00. Annual salary £43,609 - £49,175 (FTE) depending on experience.

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK. Due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

• Work with the wider mental health team to identify patients who may benefit from psychological intervention.
• Manage a caseload of patients, providing comprehensive psychological assessment, including risk assessment, and psychological formulations to support patients.
• Identify and deliver appropriate 1‑1 and group interventions to patients in line with the Psychological & Talking Therapies Service (PTTS) pathways and in line with agreed guidance from the registered psychologist.
• Maintain accurate clinical records.
• Identify and provide opportunities for other members of the multi-disciplinary team to gain understanding of how psychological knowledge can support their work with patients.
• Contribute to audit, research and service evaluation projects.

• Company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays.
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities.
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development.
• Excellent long-term career prospects.
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it.

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We are the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first regardless of their background. Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values: we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated, we act with integrity, we embrace diversity and we strive to do things better together.

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Bachelor in Psychology (entitlement to graduate basis for chartered membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society).
• MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology (Adults).
• Evidence of foundation training in evidence-based psychological frameworks e.g. CFT, CBT, DBT, ACT.
• Knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies relevant to managing mental health distress.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.