About Us

Based in Cambridgeshire and offering nationwide coverage, our HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologists have all worked in prisons or in other relevant forensic settings and have a thorough understanding of prison policy, procedures and interventions.

We pride ourselves on delivering a comprehensive service based on excellent communication with our commercial clients, high professional standards and strict adherence to BPS and HCPC ethical guidelines. We are also committed to ongoing professional development and continually advance our skills through training, conference attendance, peer support and research.

Several of our associates are also affiliated with universities, meaning we are able to keep at the forefront of knowledge acquisition and shape our practice according to the most recent scientific evidence.

Our History

2021

CPD Event

A virtual webinar - “Conducting Remote Assessments” - was delivered to our team by expert Dr Louise Bowers of The Forensic Psychologist Service.

CPD Event

A virtual CPD event - “Autism, ADHD and Personality Disorder – An Introduction” - was delivered by Emma Woodhouse, Neurodevelopmental Specialist.

SPS Contract Awarded

PSUK was awarded a new contract to provide psychological risk assessments and risk management plans (RMPs) remotely to all SPS and private prisons across Scotland.

2020

Wellbeing Event

A relaxation session was delivered remotely by a qualified yoga instructor in order to provide support to PSUK associates through the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

CPD Event

A virtual CPD event - “Working with Trans Clients” - was delivered by Sally Lopresti of Nottingham Trent University / PSUK.

CPD Event

A virtual CPD event - “Understanding Denial in Individuals with Sexual Convictions” - was delivered by Professor Nick Blagden of Nottingham Trent University.

Wellbeing Event

A virtual meditation session was delivered remotely to our team by Marc Kozlowski, PSUK Associate and former qualified Hypnotherapist.

2019

CPD Event

A CPD event - "Stalking - Issues for Forensic Practice" - was delivered by Caroline Flowers of Nottingham Trent University.

HMPPS Framework Contract Awarded

PSUK was awarded a further four-year contract with His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service, delivering psychological assessment services across England and Wales.

NHS Contract Awarded

PSUK was awarded a new contract to deliver PD Pathway Risk Assessment Services for Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

2018

Wellbeing Event

An event focusing on "Practitioner Resilience and Well-Being" was delivered by Maxine Daniels of Creative Forum.

CPD Event

A CPD event - "New Programmes Suite & Separation Centres" - was delivered by Seona Thackeray of PSUK.

2017

CPD Event

A CPD event - "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse" - was delivered by Tom Squire of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation.

CPD Event

A CPD event "Enhancing Awareness of IPV Interventions" was delivered by Andrea Pailing, Forensic Psychologist in Training from Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

G4S Contract Awarded

PSUK was awarded a new four-year contract with HMP Rye Hill, providing supervision to a team of Forensic Psychologists in Training and preparing psychological risk assessments.

National Offender Management Strategy (NOMS) Framework

PSUK was invited to expand its provision of services across all NOMS prison regions, making us national providers on the NOMS Psychological Assessment Framework.

2016

Further NOMS Framework Regions Awarded

Following a change in prison regional divisions, PSUK began taking on additional cases for The National Offender Management Service across Yorkshire and Humberside.

CPD Event

A CPD event - "Risk of Harm to Self by Offenders" - was delivered by Dr Karen Slade, Senior Lecturer from Nottingham Trent University.

Expansion of Services – Sodexo Justice Services

PSUK increased service delivery to HMP Bronzefield, to include the introduction of a Staff Support initiative, provided by Kerry Manning and Sharon Jones. We also began providing a psychological contribution to the prison’s Enhanced Behaviour Monitoring (EBM) process.

CPD Event

A CPD event - "Group Supervision and Support / A Guide to EBM" - was delivered by Kerry Manning.

2015

New Contract – Sodexo Justice Services

PSUK was awarded a new contract with Sodexo Justice Services Ltd, delivering psychological risk assessment services to HMP Bronzefield.

CPD Event

A CPD event - "PD Pathways & PIPES Workshop" - was delivered by Karine Greenacre, NHS PIPEs Clinical Lead, HMP Wayland.

CPD Event

A CPD event - "Report Recommendations Workshop" - was delivered by Kerry Manning and Sally Lopresti of PSUK.

CPD Event

A CPD event - "Oral Hearing Workshop" - was delivered by Kerry Manning.

2014

Contract Awarded - NOMS Framework

PSUK was awarded a four-year contract with the National Offender Management Service, delivering psychological assessment services across six prison regions across England and Wales.

New Management & Support Structure

Creation of a new management structure comprising a Director of Services, Clinical Lead, Case Mentoring Provision and Administration Team.

2012

NOMS East of England

PSUK began delivering risk assessment services on a larger scale to The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) across East Anglia and Hertfordshire.

2007

PSUK is Established

Kerry Manning established Psychological Services UK Ltd in response to an increasing need for psychological risk assessments, caused largely by the introduction of the IPP sentence. Our instructions, during these early days, typically came from prison law firms.