Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Senior Clinician

The closing date is 05 January 2026

Job summary

To provide highly specialist assessment and treatment to looked after children, adopted children and those with Special Guardianship Orders, care leavers, and children who are presenting with sexual trauma, including but not limited to individual therapy, parent/child intervention and consultation/risk support to the network around the child.

To work systemically with children and families, taking into consideration the extensive network that usually exists around looked after children and care leavers whom the service supports.

To support trainees and colleagues within the service; to provide highly specialist clinical supervision to clinicians within both New Leaf and STARS service.

To provide clinical leadership and clinical support to trainees and colleagues

To provide training as required, both internally and to partner agencies, when required

To lead therapeutic groups for parents and children, as required

To work autonomously within the Trust guidelines

To take a lead in the service-wide projects and contribute to innovation and new ways of service delivery, in line with NICE Guidelines and messages from research.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the role combine providing clinical intervention to children and families, undertaking clinical supervision within the service as well as offering training and leading on delivery of group work. There is an expectation that the post-holder will be able support the service with relevant clinical developments informed by research and evidence based practice. For full details of the main duties of the job please see attached Job Description.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

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.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

10 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,888 to £64,880 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-7621657-CYPS

Job locations

Mindworks Specialist Services, Ramsay House

West Park

Epsom

KT19 8PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities of the role are all detailed in the attached Job Description, comprising of Clinical Duties, Teaching, Training and Supervision, Research and Service Evaluation and General duties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification in the following areas: Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Arts Psychotherapy (Art or Drama), Clinical/Counselling Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Music Therapy, Play Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Social Worker
Good honours degree or equivalent.
Professional registration such as HCPC, ACP, UKCP, Social Work England, NMC

Desirable

Additional trainings in adjunctive therapeutic models, especially in relation to attachment, early developmental trauma and sexual trauma.

Experience

Essential

Significant professional experience with children, adolescents and their families where children are experiencing difficulties with their mental health, at times complex and enduring, where there are relational difficulties and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Experience of working with multiple agencies and working in a multidisciplinary team.
Experience of working with two or more evidence-based, mainstream mental health therapeutic models and a good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice and models of working with Attachment and Trauma
Experience of working with children in care, those who have been in care and are now adopted or subject to SGO, care leavers and children who have suffered early childhood trauma
Experience of working with children who have suffered sexual trauma
Experience of clinical practice within NHS mental health services.
Experience of specialist supervision and providing consultation
Experience of working with a systemic approach to clinical practice

Desirable

Experience of leading on service initiatives and project development
Experience of completing routine outcome measures

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification in the following areas: Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Arts Psychotherapy (Art or Drama), Clinical/Counselling Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Music Therapy, Play Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Social Worker
Good honours degree or equivalent.
Professional registration such as HCPC, ACP, UKCP, Social Work England, NMC

Desirable

Additional trainings in adjunctive therapeutic models, especially in relation to attachment, early developmental trauma and sexual trauma.

Experience

Essential

Significant professional experience with children, adolescents and their families where children are experiencing difficulties with their mental health, at times complex and enduring, where there are relational difficulties and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Experience of working with multiple agencies and working in a multidisciplinary team.
Experience of working with two or more evidence-based, mainstream mental health therapeutic models and a good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice and models of working with Attachment and Trauma
Experience of working with children in care, those who have been in care and are now adopted or subject to SGO, care leavers and children who have suffered early childhood trauma
Experience of working with children who have suffered sexual trauma
Experience of clinical practice within NHS mental health services.
Experience of specialist supervision and providing consultation
Experience of working with a systemic approach to clinical practice

Desirable

Experience of leading on service initiatives and project development
Experience of completing routine outcome measures

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.