Job summaryAs part of our community mental health transformation work, Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust are committed to providing robust clinical pathways and ensuring that people using our services and their families have timely access to high quality, evidence-based psychological interventions. To support delivery of our clinical pathways we are investing in a range of psychological practitioner roles, which will sit within/work across our new community neighbourhood teams.
As a Trust we pride our-selves on our innovative and collaborative approach to providing the highest quality, person-centred care: As part of our transition to an integrated neighbourhood model of care, we are developing clinical pathways across primary, secondary care and crisis and emergency service. Our pathways embody strong partnership working with a wide range of statutory and VCSE providers and people with lived experience. Each of the advertised posts has a key role in ensuring that the community therapies pathways are high quality, effective and accessible across the adult age range and that psychosocial interventions are embedded in wider service delivery.
Main duties of the job- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the Systemic Family Psychotherapy needs of people using our services.
- To mentor, supervise and support qualified and unqualified staff including students
- Promoting a systemic perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
- Work collaboratively with team managers/ clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.
- The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within the service.
- To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.
- Participating in the recruitment and selection of staff.
- Leading on a specific service development projects.
About usSurrey 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.Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilitiesPlease see attached the Highly Specialist Systemic Family Psychotherapist Job Description for full details of this role.
Person SpecificationRegistrationEssential- Current UKCP Registration as Systemic Family Psychotherapist
QualificationsEssential- Doctoral or Masters level qualification in Systemic Family Psychotherapy
- Completion of an appropriate systemic supervision course to enable supervision of trainees and students
ExperienceEssential- Extensive post qualification clinical experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles
- Experience across a range of systemic models
- Demonstrable post qualification clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group.
- Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development.
- Demonstrable interest/skill in relevant specialist areas.
- Experience of supervising trainees and other professional groups
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
