Clinical & Forensic or Counselling Psychologist Ref. 1935

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Mission Enablers
Central London
£50,329 - £69,210 depending on experience and qualifications
We are offering a stretching and rewarding career opportunity for experienced clinicians who are confident in applying their clinical skills and consultancy experience in both familiar and unique settings. Clinical/Counselling psychologists in our team advise corporate functions within a Government Department, including Wellbeing, Occupational Health, Personnel security, HR and Recruitment. The breadth of the role, and the high value with which psychological consultancy is regarded, is what will make this such an attractive prospect. At the heart of the job is the requirement to provide expert advice on the risk and risk management of individuals. You will be involved in the development and facilitation of bespoke training courses. The team make onward referrals for therapeutic interventions, not providing these themselves, but regularly using their clinical expertise to engage with, assess and train a diverse range of people who are typically working in challenging roles. Those we assess say they benefit hugely from the opportunity to develop their self-awareness and resilience through their engagement with psychologists. You will use a range of psychometric measures to inform your clinical and risk assessments.

This role requires autonomous clinical risk assessment and decision making, and confidence in consulting to senior colleagues on a wide range of subjects. It is fast-paced, with quick turn-around times for detailed reports, designing and facilitating training interventions and assisting with high risk casework. People suited to the role will need to enjoy networking, be very open to learning and to taking on new challenges and working with multidisciplinary colleagues. They also need to demonstrate their own high levels of personal resilience. They should be digitally savvy and open to innovation.

You will join a well-established, energised and highly stimulated team of senior clinicians with expertise across neuropsychology, forensic psychology, occupational psychology, trauma and addictions. High level peer supervision is embedded within the team and there are a range of CPD options, including some unique opportunities.

Personal Qualities

•    A keenness to work as part of a team, and yet confidence to work autonomously.
•    A natural gravitas and credibility when presenting a psychological perspective to non-psychologists.
•    A customer-focus; enhanced listening, empathy and communication skills.
•    A resilience for working under pressure and turning around assessments and advice within short time scales.
•    A commitment to evidence based practice and psychological codes of conduct, alongside a pragmatism for delivering client solutions.
•    A willingness and ability to travel and be away from home for short periods of time.
•    Demonstrable strong commitment to ethical, evidence-based practice and to continuous professional development.

Specific skills and capabilities

•    Master’s or Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
•    Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC.
•    Substantial and wide ranging clinical experience as a Registered Psychologist.
•    Established expertise in employing a range of assessment techniques - including psychometric testing - to assess personality, risk and mental health.
•    A working knowledge of personality disorder and mental health difficulties, and an awareness of best practice treatment protocols.
•    Coaching and supervision skills.
•    A very constructive approach to learning and development – of both self and others
•    The cognitive flexibility and motivation to design training programmes, sometimes on previously unfamiliar topics, ensuring that these are grounded and evidenced in psychological theory.
•    A natural ability and interest in developing the behavioural science knowledge of non-psychologists, with the aim of augmenting the quality and efficacy of other people’s practice.
•    A rigorous approach to considering cross-cultural, religious, gender and personality differences in producing psychological formulations and risk management plans.
•    Basic IT competence.

Preferred additional experience or qualifications

•    Forensic experience and/or qualifications
•    Neuropsychological assessment
•    Occupational assessment
•    Working knowledge of personality psychometrics
•    Experience of delivering and/or leading high-quality behavioural science research
•    Experience of working with other government departments and/or in military/police/security settings
•    Experience of, and commitment to, public service
•    Experience of using new technology to enable clinical psychological or behavioural science-based assessments, interventions and research
•    Experience of working cross-culturally and/or working or living overseas
•    Foreign language skills
•    Advanced IT skills

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to being a ‘Disability Confident Leader’ we offer an interview to all candidates with a disability who meet our minimum criteria for the role that they are applying for. This is known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS).

To secure an interview for this vacancy you will be asked a series of questions relating to this vacancy. If you meet the criteria you will be directed to the full application form.

On successful completion and an application form sift, you will be invited to interview. This is our guaranteed interview.

Additional Criteria

To apply to MI6, you must be a born or naturalized British citizen, over 18 years old and normally have been based in the UK for six of the last ten years. You should not discuss your application with anyone other than your partner or a close family member providing that they are British. They should also be made aware of the importance of discretion.

MI6 strives for diversity in the workplace and is committed to the creation and maintenance of a climate in which all staff are treated fairly on the grounds of merit and ability.

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