Clinical or Forensic Psychologist

Able Staffing ,
Stapleford Tawney, Essex
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £35,000 per annum

Overview

The Role A permanent part-time Clinical or Forensic Psychologist position has become available at our low secure forensic, Hospital. It is recommended that Psychologists interested in applying have experience of and/or an interest in working with this older adult patient group in a forensic setting. The successful candidate will join a small but supportive and enthusiastic Psychology Department comprising of one Lead Clinical Psychologist and two part-time Assistant Psychologists. The Psychologist will provide services across two low secure older adult units and be responsible for the provision of a high quality Clinical Psychology service. This includes; providing a Psychology service to older adults with a mental disorder (including personality disorder and dementia) through developing Psychological formulations and assessments, formulating plans for their Psychological treatments and implementing Psychological interventions for individuals and groups. They will be expected to provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals where applicable, and must be able to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. In addition, the Psychologist will play a key part in risk assessment and management, providing staff support and, where required, training to staff. About Us Here at ABLE Staffing we are a specialist recruitment agency working within Early years, Education and Healthcare industries. Established in 2014 Able Staffing started solely focusing on permanent recruitment for Early years. Over the years we have built great relationships and decided to open a temporary division to supply to our existing clients. In 2018 Able Staffing then ventured into Healthcare and Education, although we may be new to these fields our consultants are not In each individual team there is over 10 year’s recruitment experience We use the experience and knowledge of our staff to target these industries to ensure we can offer exceptional service in areas that we have first-hand expertise with. We will always strive to do everything possible to give our clients the full support that they need, to ensure that we can help with all their recruitment needs no matter how tough they may be. We take an extremely pro-active approach when sourcing candidates for specific roles, we do not just post adverts and wait for candidates to come to us. We will utilise all tools and services available to us such as the social media platforms, job boards and our own national database of candidates to ensure that we leave no avenue unexplored or stone unturned to find that perfect candidate. These methods have worked impeccably so far and we are confident that they will be a continued part of our ongoing success.