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This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a 1 year placement with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) working with regional forensic psychological service based in a prison establishment. HMPPS is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, which comprises the management of prisons, the probation service and more recently the responsibility for the youth custody estate. We carry out sentences given by the courts, in custody and the community, and rehabilitate people in our care through education, employment and focus our efforts on addressing the offending behaviour.
The Role
HMPPS is one of the UK’s biggest employers of psychologists. The successful candidate for this role will be placed into an admin support role in one of our psychology teams working in a prison establishment. The majority of the successful applicant’s work will consist of providing administrative support to the psychology team. However, the successful candidate will also be given interesting and stretching project work which will utilise the skills that the applicant has learnt during their degree qualification.
The placement will give the post holder a wide ranging insight into the work of psychological services in the prison environment. The post will provide the successful applicant with preparation and support in applying for a future career in HMPPS working in a psychology role. Candidates applying for this placement should be interested in pursuing a career within HMPPS or in psychology.
Main Duties
Although this role will give the successful applicant ample opportunity to complete project work, the post holder will be required to carry out general administrative duties within a prison establishment for a psychology team.
Required Qualifications
Applicants must be completing a sandwich course/internship degree qualification ideally studying towards a psychology degree.
Application Progress
Applicants will be required to input their details and complete and application form on the HMPPS recruitment portal. Applicants will be asked to give examples of their academic achievements and evidence of their competency for the role. Applicants will also be asked to specify what interests them in pursuing a career in HMPPS and for their tutor to provide a supporting statement endorsing their application.
