Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Specialist Services to appoint a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist into the Hampshire Multiagency Personality Service (HMAPS). We are a specialised community service jointly commissioned between NHS England (NHSE) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The service comprises of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway and Intensive Interventions and Risk Management (IIRMS) service lines.
The HMAPS team is a multidisciplinary team providing psychological formulation, consultation, and training to the National Probation Service within Hampshire, to support the probation staff with formulation-based psychological ways of working with people under probation supervision who have personality difficulties linked to their offending behaviour. The service provides consultation to NHS teams working with individuals likely to have personality disorder / identified personality difficulties and are at high risk of harm to others/offending in a range of NHS community settings. Under the IIRMS service, psychological case management, psychoeducational interventions and outreach is provided to a caseload of high-risk offenders in a range of NHS and non-NHS settings (e.g., probation offices, Approved Premises, and community hub spaces) across Hampshire.
We are looking for either an experienced Clinical/Forensic Psychologist (Band 8a) or someone looking for a development opportunity as part of a preceptorship (Band 7 developing into Band 8a).
Main Duties of the Job
The role of the Applied Psychologist in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Multiagency Personality Service (HMAPS) is to be part of a specialist team who provide consultation, formulation, and intervention services in relation to people on probation who have personality difficulties and whose personality traits are associated with their offending and result in challenges managing them. Personality difficulties, on the most part, result from the experience of early trauma.
This is a psychologically-informed and psychologically-led joint venture between the NHS and probation. The service provides consultation to probation officers, and assessment, formulation and intervention to a caseload of high-risk people under probation who have offended. Intervention aims to support people under probation supervision in the community through their licence period. The aim is to ensure that intervention and management of people with personality difficulties who have offended is psychologically- and trauma-informed through both training and supervision, joint working with the probation officer, and individual work with the person who has committed an offence.
The service is based in the offices above Ravenswood House Medium Secure Unit (near Fareham). Work is community-based and will be delivered in a range of NHS and non-NHS (for example Probation offices and approved premises/probation hostels) premises across Hampshire but primarily in Southampton, Portsmouth and Basingstoke.
About Us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas. We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration. Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Training in Clinical Supervision. HCPC Registration. Nonclinical psychologists must be able to demonstrate competencies in the above. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Specialist Services to appoint a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist into the Hampshire Multiagency Personality Service (HMAPS). We are a specialised community service jointly commissioned between NHS England (NHSE) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The service comprises of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway and Intensive Interventions and Risk Management (IIRMS) service lines.
The HMAPS team is a multidisciplinary team providing psychological formulation, consultation, and training to the National Probation Service within Hampshire, to support the probation staff with formulation-based psychological ways of working with people under probation supervision who have personality difficulties linked to their offending behaviour. The service provides consultation to NHS teams working with individuals likely to have personality disorder / identified personality difficulties and are at high risk of harm to others/offending in a range of NHS community settings. Under the IIRMS service, psychological case management, psychoeducational interventions and outreach is provided to a caseload of high-risk offenders in a range of NHS and non-NHS settings (e.g., probation offices, Approved Premises, and community hub spaces) across Hampshire.
We are looking for either an experienced Clinical/Forensic Psychologist (Band 8a) or someone looking for a development opportunity as part of a preceptorship (Band 7 developing into Band 8a).
Main Duties of the Job
The role of the Applied Psychologist in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Multiagency Personality Service (HMAPS) is to be part of a specialist team who provide consultation, formulation, and intervention services in relation to people on probation who have personality difficulties and whose personality traits are associated with their offending and result in challenges managing them. Personality difficulties, on the most part, result from the experience of early trauma.
This is a psychologically-informed and psychologically-led joint venture between the NHS and probation. The service provides consultation to probation officers, and assessment, formulation and intervention to a caseload of high-risk people under probation who have offended. Intervention aims to support people under probation supervision in the community through their licence period. The aim is to ensure that intervention and management of people with personality difficulties who have offended is psychologically- and trauma-informed through both training and supervision, joint working with the probation officer, and individual work with the person who has committed an offence.
The service is based in the offices above Ravenswood House Medium Secure Unit (near Fareham). Work is community-based and will be delivered in a range of NHS and non-NHS (for example Probation offices and approved premises/probation hostels) premises across Hampshire but primarily in Southampton, Portsmouth and Basingstoke.
About Us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas. We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration. Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Training in Clinical Supervision. HCPC Registration. Nonclinical psychologists must be able to demonstrate competencies in the above. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
