Job summary
We are seeking a senior mental health practitioner full or part time. This post will cover the Surrey short stay and SEMH schools in the South of Surrey. You will be part of the Specialist Schools Mental Health Support Team(SS MHST) who work Surrey wide (based in a newly refurbished base in Leatherhead). The SS MHST is a vibrant new team that has been coproduced with children and young people (CYP), families and schools to support CYP attending specialist schools in Surrey. Specialist schools include those offering specialist provision for CYP with diagnoses of Learning Disabilities/Developmental Delay, Autism Spectrum Condition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or significant Social, Emotional or Behavioural needs. Our Team currently comprises of Education and Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Supervisor (OT), RTT ASC/LD, Assistant Psychologist, and the clinical Lead/Systemic Psychotherapist.SABP offers a range of continued professional development opportunities. Depending on your professional qualification there are opportunities such as reflective practice groups, supervision training, coaching skills, opportunities in Clinical Leadership and top up degrees.
Main duties of the job
This exciting opportunity means we are looking to recruit a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our MHST Specialist schools Team in Surrey. As a Senior Practitioner you will be responsible for delivering individual and or group interventions directly to CYP and their families, providing consultation, advice and training to other professionals and the supervision of junior members of the Team. The clinician will be a professional who has experience and a passion for providing direct intervention's to yp with ASC and LD and special education needs.
We are looking to build a multi-disciplinary MHST team whose strength will come from the variety of skills and experience brought by each team member. As such we would welcome applications from candidates with a range of experience and from range of core professional backgrounds including but not exclusively: Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapists, Child Psychotherapy, Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurses and CBT Therapists.
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
We are looking for measured, inspiring, motivated, dynamic, experienced, forward-thinking clinicians who are flexible and able to work effectively with partners in education, multiagency partners, children, young people and their families. As this is a new service you will be part of shaping the way we work moving forward.
Please refer to the job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for measured, inspiring, motivated, dynamic, experienced, forward-thinking clinicians who are flexible and able to work effectively with partners in education, multiagency partners, children, young people and their families. As this is a new service you will be part of shaping the way we work moving forward.
Please refer to the job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional degree qualification relevant to the specialist field (Including but not limited to Psychologist, CBT Therapist, Nurse, Social Worker, OT, Art Therapist etc.)
- oRegistration with a relevant professional body.
Desirable
- oPositive Behaviour Support Qualification `
- oSupervision qualification
Experience
Essential
- o2 or more years' experience working therapeutically, clinically, or consultatively within a CYP Educational or Mental Health Setting, with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families.
- Experience of working with young people who have special educational needs, learning disabilities, language and social communication difficulties, neurodiversity and and behaviours of concern.
- oExperience of multi-agency collaborative working
- oExperience of monitoring performance and outcomes
- oExperience of offering Supervision
- oExperience of working with people of different ages with a range of mental health issues and/or learning needs
Desirable
- oExperience of delivering CBT informed practice
- oRelevant post-qualification training
- oExperience of delivering mental health interventions in education settings
- oExperience of delivering CBT informed supervision at low intensity level
- oExperience in whole school approaches to mental health in education settings.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of CYP IAPT & the benefits of low intensity work
- oKnowledge of CYP IAPT outcome measures
- oDemonstrable knowledge of relevant safeguarding and mental health legislation
- oAbility to motivate, guide and support staff to develop
- oAbility to provide culturally sensitive support and supervision
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
- oAbility to teach, train and provide clear consultation
- oAbility to think clinically/therapeutically about client need
- oAbility to improve services to increase efficiency and enhance patient experience
- oAbility to write concise and informative reports and letters
- oAbility to use and interpret outcome measures to monitor intervention effectiveness. Competent ICT skills to collect and interpret data, for reports, presentations, and service performance
- oProvide online support
- oEngage in online meetings
- oRecord keeping, report writing, note taking etc
Desirable
- oFamiliarity with electronic patient management systems such as IAPTus, RIO, SystmOne etc.
- oAwareness of relevant initiatives and frameworks, including MHSTs, Thrive and CYP IAPT.
- oAwareness of relevant data monitoring requirements
- oExperience of assessing/working with complex case.
- oExperience of developing clinical policies/procedures.
Abilities
Essential
- oHighly motivated and a self-starter
- oTeam player
- oAble to maintain professional boundaries
- oDresses in an appropriate and professional manner
- oPrioritise conversations on diversity to respect the uniqueness we all have
- oWell-developed IT & keyboard skills
- oAbility to cope with mental, physical and emotional challenges of working with highly emotive, young, behaviourally challenging children as well as adolescents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional degree qualification relevant to the specialist field (Including but not limited to Psychologist, CBT Therapist, Nurse, Social Worker, OT, Art Therapist etc.)
- oRegistration with a relevant professional body.
Desirable
- oPositive Behaviour Support Qualification `
- oSupervision qualification
Experience
Essential
- o2 or more years' experience working therapeutically, clinically, or consultatively within a CYP Educational or Mental Health Setting, with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families.
- Experience of working with young people who have special educational needs, learning disabilities, language and social communication difficulties, neurodiversity and and behaviours of concern.
- oExperience of multi-agency collaborative working
- oExperience of monitoring performance and outcomes
- oExperience of offering Supervision
- oExperience of working with people of different ages with a range of mental health issues and/or learning needs
Desirable
- oExperience of delivering CBT informed practice
- oRelevant post-qualification training
- oExperience of delivering mental health interventions in education settings
- oExperience of delivering CBT informed supervision at low intensity level
- oExperience in whole school approaches to mental health in education settings.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of CYP IAPT & the benefits of low intensity work
- oKnowledge of CYP IAPT outcome measures
- oDemonstrable knowledge of relevant safeguarding and mental health legislation
- oAbility to motivate, guide and support staff to develop
- oAbility to provide culturally sensitive support and supervision
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
- oAbility to teach, train and provide clear consultation
- oAbility to think clinically/therapeutically about client need
- oAbility to improve services to increase efficiency and enhance patient experience
- oAbility to write concise and informative reports and letters
- oAbility to use and interpret outcome measures to monitor intervention effectiveness. Competent ICT skills to collect and interpret data, for reports, presentations, and service performance
- oProvide online support
- oEngage in online meetings
- oRecord keeping, report writing, note taking etc
Desirable
- oFamiliarity with electronic patient management systems such as IAPTus, RIO, SystmOne etc.
- oAwareness of relevant initiatives and frameworks, including MHSTs, Thrive and CYP IAPT.
- oAwareness of relevant data monitoring requirements
- oExperience of assessing/working with complex case.
- oExperience of developing clinical policies/procedures.
Abilities
Essential
- oHighly motivated and a self-starter
- oTeam player
- oAble to maintain professional boundaries
- oDresses in an appropriate and professional manner
- oPrioritise conversations on diversity to respect the uniqueness we all have
- oWell-developed IT & keyboard skills
- oAbility to cope with mental, physical and emotional challenges of working with highly emotive, young, behaviourally challenging children as well as adolescents
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).
