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Job overview

We are looking for a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist to be part of an established community team, improving the lives of forensic mental health service users.

Part of a pioneering programme funded by NHS England, the team supports forensic service users in the community instead of in secure hospitals. This can improve quality of life and reduce inequality, and allow hospital care costs to be reinvested into community services. Other teams in the programme have spoken of having a “genuine impact on service users’ lives”, and the ability to “instil hope” and “witness real life changes”. 

Main duties of the job

This is a rare chance to be part of an established community forensic service, providing opportunities to develop your skills and your career. You will play a key role in the multi-disciplinary team, working alongside colleagues from nursing, social work, occupational therapy and medicine. You will need to be a Chartered Psychologist with experience in mental health settings, but preferably with experience in forensic services or community settings. Management and leadership experience is required, as you will lead a small psychology team within FOLS. It’s an opportunity to work with a complex client group, using a range of clinical skills and interventions, both individually and in groups. The primary caseload will be patients who are discharged from secure settings into more independent living in the community in Kent. You will be working in a dynamic community setting, balancing positive risk taking and strengths-based approaches with public protection and balancing support with promoting independence. The post involves working closely with Community Mental Health Teams, offering advice and consultation around risk reduction.

Working for our organisation

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day

We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future

To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.