Vacancy: Applied psychologist

Employer: Kneesworth House Hospital, Partnerships in Care, Hertfordshire

Salary: up to £45,000

Details:

* It's all about improving people's lives (including your own)
* Join the UK's leading provider of independent mental health services
* High quality care and treatment
* Undertake assessment and management of risk
* Conduct both individual and group therapy programmes

We invest a lot of time and effort in development at Partnerships in Care. That means offering high quality treatment to patients moving from illness to health - and real opportunities for professional growth to the people who care for them.

So we'll actively encourage you to take your career still further as you help service users make positive alterations to their lives within a forensic setting at Kneesworth House Hospital. Joining a multi-disciplinary team on a 20-bed ward, you'll make a highly valued contribution to the recovery and rehabilitation model within the established pathway here.

You should:
* Be registered as a psychologist (clinical, counselling or forensic) with the HPC
* A track record of working in conditions of low, medium and/or high security is desirable
* Preferably be familiar with working with severe and enduring mental health and/or personality disorder problems
* Ideally have experience of risk assessment and management and; group programmes such as, substance misuse, DBT, and/or SOTP

Purpose built, Kneesworth House Hospital provides high quality care for adults with personality disorders, mental illness and learning disabilities.

To apply, please contact Dr. Peet Botha, Professional Lead Psychologist for Psychology Services (peet.botha@partnershipsincare.co.uk) at Kneesworth House Hospital, Bassinbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 5JP or telephone 01763 255 700. Or click here

Closing date for applications: 9 March 2012.

Interview date: end of March 2012.

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