Job summary
The Children and Young People's (CYPS) Directorate in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the well-established multi-disciplinary East Community Team for Children and Young People. You will be joining at a very exciting time, as our services transform to adopt the Thrive Framework in close collaboration with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and the Surrey Wellbeing Partnership. The East Community Team has bases in Redhill and Leatherhead, the main base will be Redhill, with the expectation that the postholder will travel to Leatherhead or other bases according to the needs of children and young people.
This post will be suitable for a passionate and highly motivated psychologist interested in ensuring excellent psychological care is accessible for children and young people with complex mental health needs from diverse backgrounds, through delivering direct therapeutic interventions, providing supervision to psychology staff, and providing consultations to the MDT and other services. This is a permanent full time (37.5 hours) post. Applications are invited from qualified Clinical, or Counselling Psychologists registered with the HCPC. Being BABCP accredited and/or trained in EMDR will be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality, specialist interventions for children and young people experiencing complex, chronic and/or severe mental health difficulties. The post-holder will be expected to provide highly-specialist psychological assessments, including using psychometric tools. They will provide evidence-based psychological interventions and will be highly skilled in the use of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and at least one other psychological therapy. They will provide high-quality. clinical supervision to psychology professionals. They will provide expert consultation to the multi-disciplinary team and other services.
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.
Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.
To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.
To carry out comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments and formulation, plan implement and evaluate delivery of psychology interventions and consultations to support people with specific and complex needs.
To actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, to act as an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences.
To work creatively to adapt verbal and written communication to meet the needs of people who use our services.
To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans for people with complex needs.
To establish and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with colleagues, other agencies , people who use services and their carers and support staff.
To conduct and lead on clinical audit, quality assurance and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within specific care group.
To develop and provide a range of specialist teaching/training packages which can be delivered to a range of multi-disciplinary audiences.
To positively contribute to divisional and team developments in relation to all aspects of psychology practice.
To lead on the supervision and Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of assistant psychologists as required.
To contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
To contribute to initiatives to ensure that the diverse needs of people within the care group are addressed within local services and future developments.
To act as practice assessor/supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements.
To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use our services and their carers.
Assist in appropriate e staff recruitment and induction and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.
To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.
To carry out comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments and formulation, plan implement and evaluate delivery of psychology interventions and consultations to support people with specific and complex needs.
To actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, to act as an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences.
To work creatively to adapt verbal and written communication to meet the needs of people who use our services.
To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans for people with complex needs.
To establish and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with colleagues, other agencies , people who use services and their carers and support staff.
To conduct and lead on clinical audit, quality assurance and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within specific care group.
To develop and provide a range of specialist teaching/training packages which can be delivered to a range of multi-disciplinary audiences.
To positively contribute to divisional and team developments in relation to all aspects of psychology practice.
To lead on the supervision and Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of assistant psychologists as required.
To contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
To contribute to initiatives to ensure that the diverse needs of people within the care group are addressed within local services and future developments.
To act as practice assessor/supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements.
To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use our services and their carers.
Assist in appropriate e staff recruitment and induction and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course
Desirable
- Additional post-qualification training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Additional post-qualification training in additional psychological therapy
- Accredited EMDR practitioner
- BABCP Accreditation
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of working with people across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles
- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
- Demonstrable post registration clinical experience of working with children, young people and their families with complex mental health needs
- Experience of contributing to service development or project work
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable
- Experience of supervising HCPC registered psychologists
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course
Desirable
- Additional post-qualification training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Additional post-qualification training in additional psychological therapy
- Accredited EMDR practitioner
- BABCP Accreditation
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of working with people across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles
- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
- Demonstrable post registration clinical experience of working with children, young people and their families with complex mental health needs
- Experience of contributing to service development or project work
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable
- Experience of supervising HCPC registered psychologists
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
