Job Description

The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) programme is a jointly commissioned initiative by NHS England and His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, that aims to provide a pathway of psychologically informed services for a highly complex and challenging offender group who are likely to have severe personality difficulties and who pose a high risk of harm or a high risk of reoffending in a harmful way.



Our OPD Pathways service offers a consultation and formulation service to offender managers across 9 Surrey and Sussex probation offices. The Intensive Intervention & Risk Management Services (IIRMS) forms part of the wider Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.



You will lead a cross counties service covering Sussex and Surrey. You will provide professional and clinical leadership to a dedicated and skilled multi-disciplinary and multiagency team.



You will also be required to work closely and collaboratively with regional senior probation officers, and Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) provider collaborative colleagues in similar posts.



The role will also provide supervision to the Clinical Leads for Brighton and Crawley Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement team (Reflect Service), based at Brighton and Crawley Probation offices.



P rovide professional and clinical leadership to OPD and IIRMS teams providing consultations to offender managers and (in IIRMS) direct clinical support to a high-risk group with offending histories



Ensure contractual KPI performance and reporting, and clinical governance Take a lead on representing the Forensic CDS and SPFT in negotiations, collaborations and strategy development with the general manager and Probation Service senior colleagues Deliver comprehensive, accessible and evidence-based training plans Continually develop and support a competent, skilled and psychologically informed offender manager workforce working with people with offending backgrounds, presenting with high risk/challenging behaviours and complex personality difficulties.

At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.



If you haven't thought about living in Sussex before then you should consider the following:



Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes

Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park!

Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline, including Hastings, Bexhill on Sea and Eastbourne

Easy access to airports - Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 90 minutes of the county, providing links to Europe and beyond

Brighton and Hove or London are within easy reach via local and national bus routes and national mainline stations



You will be an applied psychologist with a core professional qualification recognised by the HCPC, and significant experience of working at a Principal or Consultant Level or similar, preferably in a service working with people with offending histories and / or high risk / challenging behaviours and presentations and complex personality challenges.



You will be able to demonstrate excellent consultation, communication and collaboration skills, and a successful / effective approach when working with a range of stakeholders / agencies within Health and Criminal Justice contexts. You will also be able to demonstrate experience in leadership roles, and will be an effective teacher, trainer and mentor to the staff you lead and support.



See Attached JD and PS for full details of role



For further details about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:



Dr Michael Lawson



Lead for Psychology and Psychological Therapies



Forensic Healthcare CDS



Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust



07471217851



michael.lawson@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk



(Mon - Thurs)