Job summary
The Children and Young People's Directorate in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Practitioner Psychologist to lead psychology in a Mindworks Surrey Children and Young Person's Community Team. You will be joining a dynamic and supportive multi-disciplinary team based across Leatherhead and Redhill. Mindworks Surrey is the emotional wellbeing service for children and young people in Surrey.
The post-holder will be responsible for planning and delivering a highly specialist psychology service in a CYPS community Team. The post-holder will support the implementation of the i-Thrive framework for system change and will be working with other SABP and third sector organisations in doing so.
The post-holder will have substantial experience working in children's mental health and leading on service development. They will have a sound understanding of mental health challenges facing children and young people and expert knowledge of psychological interventions . They will have experience of adapting interventions to work with neurodiverse children. They will be committed to inclusive and accessible services. Knowledge and skills in supervision and outcome measures is essential.
The successful candidates will hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and be eligible for registration with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
- Leading psychology provision in Mindworks Surrey CYPS East Community Team
- Ensuring clinical supervision is provided to psychology staff.
- Standards of service provision are set, monitored and maintained.
- People who use the service and their carers are involved in the service in the way they wish to be.
- Providing high quality specialist psychological assessments, interventions and consultations for children and young people with complex and severe mental health problems.
- Working with CYPS Leadership on service development and evaluation.
- Practicing in a non-discriminatory and inclusive manner and responding to the needs of a diverse population of children and young people.
- Supporting supervisees and the MDT with recognising barriers to inclusion and making reasonable adjustments to practice.
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!
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 plan and deliver a highly specialist psychology service and to oversee its clinical governance.
- To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of a CYPS Community Team.
- To lead in supervision and contribute to Individual Performance Review / Appraisal of psychology staff, as required.
- To ensure that the healthcare needs of people using services are communicated to and work in partnership with service commissioners and other healthcare providers for the best outcomes. To positively contribute to Trust and divisional developments in relation to psychology practice. To advocate and represent the service.
- To be responsible or the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols, and care pathways.
- Contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.
- To ensure that the needs of people with protected characteristics are addressed within the local services and future developments.
- To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions and consultation to support children and young people with complex needs.
- To act as supervisor / teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements. To participate in staff induction.
- To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use services and carers.
- To lead in developing and conducting clinical audit and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within the relevant area of practice.
- To influence and develop team cultures that support and encourage innovation, creativity, partnership working, and curiosity.
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
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 plan and deliver a highly specialist psychology service and to oversee its clinical governance.
- To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of a CYPS Community Team.
- To lead in supervision and contribute to Individual Performance Review / Appraisal of psychology staff, as required.
- To ensure that the healthcare needs of people using services are communicated to and work in partnership with service commissioners and other healthcare providers for the best outcomes. To positively contribute to Trust and divisional developments in relation to psychology practice. To advocate and represent the service.
- To be responsible or the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols, and care pathways.
- Contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.
- To ensure that the needs of people with protected characteristics are addressed within the local services and future developments.
- To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions and consultation to support children and young people with complex needs.
- To act as supervisor / teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements. To participate in staff induction.
- To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use services and carers.
- To lead in developing and conducting clinical audit and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within the relevant area of practice.
- To influence and develop team cultures that support and encourage innovation, creativity, partnership working, and curiosity.
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course
Desirable
- Additional academic clinical qualification
- Additional leadership / management study
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualification clinical experience in children and young people's services.
- Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
- Demonstrable experience of developing complex formulations drawing on multiple psychological models
- Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course
Desirable
- Additional academic clinical qualification
- Additional leadership / management study
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualification clinical experience in children and young people's services.
- Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
- Demonstrable experience of developing complex formulations drawing on multiple psychological models
- Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk
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.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
