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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Here at Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS FT we have a reputation for being innovative and forward thinking. We actively seek out new ways to work flexibly with partners and are passionate about people. We are one of the leading providers of specialist mental health, drug and alcohol and learning disability services for people of all ages in southern England, working in partnership to offer integrated health and social care, with 2300 excellent staff and a £155m budget.

We offer best employment practice and environments for staff in terms of equal opportunities, managing and developing a diverse workforce.

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Ref: 325-7107578-COMM-A Vacancy ID: 7278297

8a Practitioner Psychologist -Fixed term till Jan 2026

Accepting applications until: 26-Jun-2025 23:59

Open

Accepting applications until: 26-Jun-2025 23:59

Location

Surrey CC, Quadrant Court
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7QQ
Surrey

Contract type & working pattern

Fixed term: 6 months (Approx end date 31/01/2026)
Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

£55,877 - £62,626 (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata
Yearly

(NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Practitioner Psychologist, Family Safeguarding Team

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust  to work for.  This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Trosolwg o'r swydd

My job makes better lives by providing psychological services to parents within Family Safeguarding. To provide clinical expertise to the Family Safeguarding Team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to clients, their families or carers, where there are highly complex presentations.

The post will be based within the Family Safeguarding Service of Surrey County Council (permanently seconded from SABP). You will be managed and supervised by the Lead Clinical Psychologist within the Safeguarding service and work alongside a team of social workers and other professionals with parents where there is high risk of severe parenting problems including maltreatment and neglect.

Our ground-breaking family safeguarding model will bring together all the professionals we need, under one roof, to provide intensive support to parents to address the mental health, substance misuse and domestic abuse that place children at risk of significant harm. 

The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role.

Please note this is a fixed term till end of January 2026. 

 

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Key Responsibilities

  • To adhere to professional code of conduct at all times
  • To provide highly specialist psychological assessment of adults with mental health difficulties. To undertake the assessment utilising information from a broad range of structured psychometric and semi-structured clinical methods. To administer, score and interpret neuropsychological assessment where appropriate. To integrate all information into a psychological formulation of the client and his/her psychosocial environment, drawing on a range of psychological theoretical perspectives. 
  • To be responsible for the systematic provision of specialist psychology services to adults with complex, severe and enduring mental health difficulties within Family Safeguarding Teams
  • To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
  • To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking audit, research and service development activities relevant to the service area.
  • To supervise and support the psychological therapy provided by other members of the multidisciplinary team

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.

 

We look forward to receiving your application!

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role. 

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
  • HCPC Registration as a Psychologist

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Proven experience of working with adults/parents with mental health difficulties (can be pre-qualification).
  • Working knowledge of the traditional models of psychotherapy and the evidence for their use, with detailed knowledge of two or more models.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of key policies and guidelines for adults with mental health difficulties
  • Demonstrate experience in the specialist area of practice (adult mental health) and confidence to supervise qualified Psychologists and offer expert consultation to non-psychology colleagues.
  • Management of team psychology waiting lists for the sector.
  • Engagement in service development initiatives to improve quality within the team, sector or Trust (for example, developing a learning or therapy programme for others to deliver).
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Clinical supervision experience; interest/experience in working within a child and family setting/working with parents/carers/providing consultation to other professionals
  • Participation in senior management meetings at a sector level (offering a psychological perspective to shape services/quality).

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Enw
Dr Christopher Laraway
Teitl y swydd
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]

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