Senior Registered Forensic Psychologist

Mitie Care & Custody (C&C) is driven by a bold vision: to establish HMP Millsike as a place of restoration and rehabilitation, where prisoners can unlock their full potential and make meaningful, positive changes in their lives. Our mission is clear: to create an environment that empowers, inspires, and supports individuals to re-enter society with hope, purpose, and a life plan. To achieve this, we will set a culture of rehabilitation and restoration underpinned by integrity and high expectations.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Registered Forensic Psychologist to work at HMP Millsike, a brand-new Category C Resettlement Prison in York. We are looking for a motivated, compassionate and experienced Senior Registered Forensic Psychologist with a passion for working in custodial settings, supporting the men in our care and the wider system. The successful applicant will join a small, friendly and supportive team who are enthusiastic about developing psychological thinking and services across the prison.

Job Objectives and Responsibilities:

• Work directly with prisoners, staff and various stakeholders and will be provided with clinical supervision from the Principal Psychologist.
• Support the development of psychological services with HMP Millsike, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, company policies and procedures and HMPPS standards.
• Undertake evidence based and high quality risk and psychological assessments including HCR-20, RSVP, SARA, SAM, WAIS.
• Prepare Psychological Risk Assessment reports in line with parole board directions and attend oral hearings as an expert witness.
• Deliver psychological interventions as required and in line with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards.
• Provide consultation and supervision to the Treatment Manager and the wider Interventions Facilitation team for our accredited offending behaviour programme, Building Choices.
• Provide oversight, supervision and act as an Additional Supervisor to Forensic Psychologists in Training.
• Provide consultancy to staff within our Safer Custody, Violence reduction, Reducing Reoffending and Offender Management Unit functions.
• Develop and deliver training for staff to ensure the maintenance of a trauma-informed, restorative and rehabilitative culture within the prison.
• Contribute to the development of research and best practice in reducing re-offending and staff well-being.

Essential Experience and Qualifications:

• Post Graduate doctoral level training in Forensic Psychology.
• Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Experience of completing risk and psychological assessments such as HCR-20, RSVP, SARA and WAIS.
• Experience of completing psychological risk assessment reports in a formal setting such as for the parole board.
• Experience of acting as an expert witness at parole hearings.
• Experience of working with offenders and delivering group or individual interventions using psychological models.
• Good knowledge of psychological theories and models related to sexual and violent offending including intimate partner violence.
• Experience of providing consultancy to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience of providing supervision to other professionals including non-psychological professions.
• Experience of conducting research.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience of working as a Registered Forensic Psychologist within a custodial setting.
• Experience of providing oversight and supervision to Forensic Psychologists in Training.
• Knowledge and experience of delivering HMPPS accredited offending behaviour programmes.
• Eligible to apply for Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS).
• Eligible to apply to become a Co-ordinating supervisor on the BPS Stage 2 Qualification in Forensic Psychology.

Additional Benefits:

• Ongoing development and career progression opportunities.
• Supportive and inclusive team environment.
• Health and wellbeing support services.
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays).
• Free onsite parking, including EV charging points.
• Free access to onsite gym facilities.
• Free meal during shifts from our subsidised staff canteen.
• Eligibility for a Blue Light Discount Card.