Clinical Psychologist/CBT Therapist/Senior Clinician in Aldershot

We invite you to consider being involved in this exciting opportunity to be part of delivering the Government's commitment to having integrated mental health teams in all schools in Surrey by 2030. Our school-based needs teams (SBN) aim to increase access to mental health support for children and young people up to the age of 18 years old by delivering 3 core functions:

• Supporting families and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties by delivering direct evidence-based interventions.
• Providing timely advice and consultation to school staff.
• Supporting schools to deliver whole school approaches to mental health.

We currently have 1 WTE vacancies for Band 7 Senior Clinicians in our North East Hampshire (NEH) Team covering Aldershot and Rushmoor. We are looking to build a multi-disciplinary team and welcome applications from candidates from a range of professional backgrounds including, but not exclusively, CBT Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Child Psychotherapy and Mental Health Nursing.

Main duties of the job:

• Mentoring and/or supervising the development of Low Intensity CBT practitioners (EMHPs/CWPs) in your team, building a culture of high-quality clinical practice.
• Growing and nurturing trainees and newly qualified EMHPs/CWPs, utilising your experience and skills to ensure they develop into well-rounded clinicians.
• Leading in building relationships with senior leaders in schools, providing regular case consultation, support and advice, and being a 'link' to the wider children's mental health services.
• Developing programmes of work to support schools with their whole school approach goals, enabling more sustainable, holistic change.
• Holding a caseload, delivering direct interventions to CYP and families.

We are looking for inspiring, motivated, forward-thinking clinicians who are flexible and able to work effectively with partners in education, multi-agency partners, children, young people and their families.

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 actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.

Job responsibilities:

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job. Please note relevant professional registration/accreditation is required for this post. There will also be an opportunity to attend a fully funded Supervision training (Supervision of Therapeutic Practice) at either Sussex or Southampton University for clinicians who meet the course entry requirements.

Person Specification:

• Registered health or social care professional (Including but not limited to Clinical Psychologist, CBT Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, OT, Art Therapist, Systemic Family Therapist etc.).
• Registration and/or accreditation with relevant professional body (Eg, HCPC, NMC, BABCP etc.).
• Valid UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes.
• Relevant additional post graduate training or qualification (e.g. CBT, systemic therapy, EMDR, leadership).
• Supervision Qualification.

Experience:

• Demonstrable significant post qualification experience working therapeutically, clinically, or consultatively within a CYP Educational or Mental Health setting.
• Experience of leading on / driving multi-agency collaborative working.
• Experience of confidently delivering consultations to other professionals.
• Experience of monitoring performance and outcomes to ensure service quality.
• Experience of leading clinical practice/ service development / project work.
• Experience of Supervising or mentoring junior members of staff.
• Experience conducting complex formulation and managing clinical complexity.
• Experience of delivering CBT informed practice.
• Experience of delivering mental health interventions in education settings.
• Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision at low intensity level.
• Experience in whole school approaches to mental health in education settings.
• Experience of working with and adapting practice to meet the needs of young people who have special educational needs, learning disabilities, language and social communication difficulties, neurodiversity and behaviours of concern.

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.

Salary: £51,657 to £58,785 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.