Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
This post offers an exciting opportunity to work in the pan-London London Women’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service.
This is a London Pathways Partnership (LPP) service, led by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust and Together for Mental Wellbeing.
MHTRs aim to reduce custodial sentences, improve wellbeing and address mental health needs associated with offending.
MHTRs were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour.
This service aims to increase the use of MHTRs as part of a community sentence. The MHTR Service will also provide the courts with information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
The London Women’s MHTR Service provides a primary-care level service and is also one of three pilot secondary care sites, testing pathways into secondary care services for individuals. The successful individual will have the opportunity to work across both services.
Please note, this is a pan-London service. While the base is London Bridge, clinical work occurs across all the London boroughs.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post
The Role Will Include
- Assessment of women before sentencing to consider suitability for an MHTR
- Providing short-term psychological interventions for those who are sentenced to an MHTR
- Liaison with stakeholders, including probation colleagues, court staff and secondary care mental health services
- Supervision of prequalified staff, including trainees and assistant psychologists
- Involvement in service research, audits and development
About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages, and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London, we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and into Kent.
We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.
We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services, providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Additional Information
Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Dr Laura Gallardo
Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead
Email address: laura.gallardo1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07483646463
