Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist/Clinical Lead & Manager

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Job summary

The Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) in Surrey is looking for a Clinical Lead with managerial responsibilities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Child Psychotherapist registered with the ACP who is looking for leadership opportunities and has a keen interest and experience in working with infants and parents.

The Parent Infant Service has its roots in a psychodynamic tradition. It offers timely interventions for parents, partners and their babies in both the antenatal and postnatal periods. This includes Parent Infant psychotherapy, Circle of Security, Watch Me Play and Video Interactive Guidance. The team is comprised of a Perinatal Therapist, Specialist Health Visitors, Child Psychotherapists and an Administrator.

Main duties of the job

The managerial responsibilities cover the day to day tasks such as managing leave, ensuring supervision is regular and planned as well as developing the service and meeting with commissioners and stake holders during a time of transformation and change in community health services.

The post holder will be part of a supportive Trustwide Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy team, comprising of ten child and adolescent psychotherapists, and 6 - 7 child psychotherapists in training.

The post is for 3 days a week and includes a clinical caseload of parents and infants.

Please note that travel to the East of the county (Redhill, Horley and Dorking) will be required as part of the post.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

11 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£72,428 to £83,149 a year pa pro rata, including 5% HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-5604594-CYPS

Job locations

Trust Headquarters

18 Mole Business Park

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
A recognised postgraduate doctorate in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (or completion of a recognised Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy training equivalent to a doctorate).
Clinical supervision training
Driving Licence suitable for driving in the UK

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience working as a qualified child & adolescent psychotherapist
Substantial post-qualification "highly specialist" level experience
Experience of professional management of a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of supervising child psychotherapists and other professionals
Experience of service and policy development
Experience of working with parents antenatally and postnatally including working with premature and unwell babies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
A recognised postgraduate doctorate in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (or completion of a recognised Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy training equivalent to a doctorate).
Clinical supervision training
Driving Licence suitable for driving in the UK

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience working as a qualified child & adolescent psychotherapist
Substantial post-qualification "highly specialist" level experience
Experience of professional management of a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of supervising child psychotherapists and other professionals
Experience of service and policy development
Experience of working with parents antenatally and postnatally including working with premature and unwell babies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).