*For roles based in London, your contractual place of work will be Stratford. While the Stratford site is expected to become operational from November 2025 – March 2026, you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall or another reasonable location on a temporary basis during the interim period.

Please note that, as Stratford will be your contractual place of work, any subsequent move from a temporary location will not entitle you to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy.

The role of the Senior Practitioner Psychologist is to psychologically support the health of the NCA’s workforce, with a focus on mental wellbeing and the protection and promotion of personal resilience, to enable the NCA to deliver its mission.

You will be part of a team within Clinical Services & Wellbeing, which regularly liaises with stakeholders and provides consultation. You will apply evidence-based knowledge and best practice to conducting a range of assessments focusing on fitness for role, including routine surveillance for high-risk roles, pre-employment and pre-placement assessments. This will include assessing psychological suitability for roles, risk mitigation, treatment planning and making recommendations for reasonable adjustments. 

You will support with the Line Management Referral pathway, providing comprehensive reports and recommendations to enhance psychological health, wellbeing and thriving at work.

Working Pattern - The National Crime Agency has a hybrid working policy which is applicable for this role. This role is available on a Full Time or Part Time basis (minimum 22 hours across 3 days).

The National Crime Agency have a dedicated Clinical Services and Wellbeing team that provides comprehensive occupational health and wellbeing services to its Officers, ensuring that the workforce is fit to deliver its mission to protect the public from serious and organised crime (SOC).

We aim to promote physical, psychological wellbeing and prevent illness and injury arising from work, recognising some of the hazards our Officers are exposed to. We take a pro-active approach to the management of health in work, advising on the effects of health on work and work on health.

This is achieved through, but not limited to:

• Management referrals.
• Routine medical and psychological assessments (role specific).
• Work place adjustments and wellbeing initiatives. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Conduct assessments - Apply evidence-based knowledge and best practice to conducting a range of assessments focusing on fitness for role, including routine surveillance for high-risk roles and pre-employment and pre-placement assessments. This will include assessing psychological suitability for roles, risk mitigation, treatment planning and making recommendations for reasonable adjustments.

Provide consultation - Regularly liaise with stakeholders and provides consultation.

Produce reports and recommendations - Support with the Line Management Referral pathway, providing comprehensive reports and recommendations to enhance psychological health, wellbeing and thriving at work. 

Respond to incidents - Occasional reactionary work can occur, such as providing on-site critical incident support. 

Develop and implement interventions - Provide welfare support, design and implement interventions and psychoeducational material as appropriate. 

Audits - Identify psychological themes from the services work streams and assist the development and delivery of audits and action plans. 

Manage a team - Manage and clinically supervise a small team of Psychologists, focusing on performance, quality and continual development. Be an active agent in their self-care and professional development.

Provide an inclusive service - Ensure a culturally and ethically sensitive, equitable psychological service to all groups regardless of race and ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion, and disability.

Information management - Ensure the quality, secure handling and dissemination of data/information, maintaining confidentiality, sensitivity and a duty of care in line with NCA policy and GDPR.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience, Technical Skills, and Strengths.

Sift

You will be assessed on the following criteria at sift stage.

CV

• Please demonstrate the following entry criteria:

Trained and have clinical expertise in delivering at least two of the following adult interventions:

• Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.
• Compression Focused Therapy.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Technical Criteria

• Knowledge of current legislation, the Health & Safety Management Standards and best practice in occupational and mental health provision.
• Knowledge and understanding of biopsychosocial assessment (including psychological fitness for a role) and risk mitigation management in an occupational health setting.
• Experience of line managing and providing clinical supervision to clinical and/or counselling psychologists in a healthcare or occupational setting.

Interview

You will be assessed on the following criteria at interview stage

• Behaviour - Working Together
• Technical criteria 1- Knowledge of current legislation, the Health & Safety Management Standards and best practice in occupational and mental health provision.
• Technical criteria 2 - Knowledge and understanding of biopsychosocial assessment (including psychological fitness for a role) and risk mitigation management in an occupational health setting.
• Technical Criteria 3 - Experience of line managing and providing clinical supervision to clinical and/or counselling psychologists in a healthcare or occupational setting.
• Technical Criteria 4 - Expertise in a range of clinical skills and delivery in a variety of adult settings, including expertise of leading, teaching and/or training a diverse audience and service monitoring evaluation.

To note: Candidates successful at sift will be asked to deliver a presentation on Technical criteria 4. Further details will be provided to successful candidates, prior to the interview.

• Strengths - The interview will include strengths based questions.

To note:

You will be required to provide evidence of the HCPC registration. Failure to provide evidence may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.
Anticipated start date is April 2026, subject to pre-employment checks.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Knowledge of current legislation, the Health & Safety Management Standards and best practice in occupational and mental health provision.
• Knowledge and understanding of biopsychosocial assessment (including psychological fitness for a role) and risk mitigation management in an occupational health setting.
• Experience of line managing and providing clinical supervision to clinical and/or counselling psychologists in a healthcare or occupational setting.
• Expertise in a range of clinical skills and delivery in a variety of adult settings, including expertise of leading, teaching and/or training a diverse audience and service monitoring evaluation.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service. If qualifying criteria is met new joiners to the NCA from UK Police Forces or UKIC will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for Annual Leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).
• Training and development opportunities
• Special leave
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Cycle to work scheme
• Blue Light scheme
• A range of sporting and other activities on offer
• We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. This includes flexi-time, job sharing, and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

For further details on benefits please visit our benefits and support page.

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment undefined (opens in a new window).

Job contact :

• Name : NCA Recruitment Team
• Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
• Telephone : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk