Sector:
Psychology Type: Permanent Reference
no: mhj8849 Employer: Health Board Location: Wales Salary: £29,789 - £39,273 pr, pa per year Benefits: see advert Posted date:
09/02/2010 Closing date: 26/02/2010
Details: We seek to appoint a Clinical Psychologist with interest and
enthusiasm to work in the inreach mental health team at HMP Cardiff
for 5 sessions a week.
Your work will involve providing high quality psychological
assessment and interventions to prisoners in HMP Cardiff and
providing a psychological perspective on the care and management of
offenders. You will be supervised by a consultant clinical and
forensic psychologist based outside the prison and will join a
specialist forensic clinical psychology team comprising in addition a
specialist counsellor and a full time band 7 clinical psychologist.
There are close links between this team and the Directorate of
Clinical Psychology, the South Wales Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Programme and the centre for family & forensic psychology at
Birmingham University. This is an opportunity to develop clinical
psychology services in custodial settings.
Expressions of interest and/or a visit would be welcome.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board reserve the right to close
this vacancy early if a large number of applications are received.
Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for
this post.
If you are successful and shortlisted for interview for this post you
will be contacted by E-MAIL using the e-mail address with which you
registered within 2 - 3 weeks of the closing date. Therefore, please
ensure that you check your e-mail account regularly as all
information including interview dates and times will only be sent to
your account.
We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities. Posts
may be subject to a CRB check. We operate a non-smoking policy.
When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job
Description and Person Specification (where available) and use the
“supporting information” space to demonstrate how your skills,
knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person
specification. PLEASE NOTE: Only those candidates who clearly
demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be
shortlisted for this job.
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Applications for this post will be welcomed from Welsh speaking
candidates. Whilst the ability to speak Welsh is not essential to
this post, it is desirable and the successful applicant will be
supported through the personal development plan process if they wish
to develop an understanding of the language.
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