Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated clinical/counselling psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our small and friendly team of clinicians at Here for You, delivering both individual and team psychological interventions to staff within a compassionate and inclusive framework.

We offer a wide range of psychological interventions within Here for You, which we continually review and develop as required to meet the needs of our staff and the latest evidence-based practice. The post holder will play an important role, as part of the clinical team, to support these developments and work closely with the Deputy Clinical Lead & Clinical and Service Lead.

This is an excellent opportunity to use and develop specialist clinical skills within a committed and supportive team and play an important role in helping to support the mental health of staff working in NHS and local government. Working both within our organisation and across the whole system; a keenness to develop new skills and to deliver a responsive and compassionate service is essential.

At Here for You, we are a team of qualified psychological practitioners, who offer expert free, confidential psychological & mental health support for people working at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and partner organisations across Surrey.

Applicants must hold a professional registration with a regulated body e.g. HCPC, NMC or Social Work England with BABCP accreditation (for non-psychologists).

To offer inclusive, personalised and evidence-based specialist clinical skills & practice within a team of psychological practitioners providing a specialist psychological & mental health support service to eligible staff who are experiencing a need for psychological support due to reasons both within work and outside of work.

In particular:

• To offer individual staff psychological assessment & therapy to referred staff; some interventions are offered virtually, and some are offered face to face.
• To undertake high quality triage and signposting to community resources, Talking Therapies and Secondary Care Services as appropriate.
• Develop and run workshops using psychoeducational and reflective practice skills relating to the evidence base for psychological interventions with staff.
• To work closely within the Here for You team to regularly review our workshops ensuring we deliver evidence-based interventions using current best practice in the area of staff psychological support within a compassionate framework.
• 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 proactively outreach to identified at-risk groups of staff.
• To work closely with the Deputy Clinical Lead & Clinical and Service Lead and play a leadership role in developing this service across the system & with our partner organisations.

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 trusts 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!

Key Responsibilities

• To provide specialist psychological and culturally sensitive interventions to NHS and social care staff who contact Here for You.
• To support the development of and deliver workshops using psychoeducational and reflective practice skills relating to the evidence base and responding to the needs of our staff. In particular, to develop bespoke workshops as and when required for individual organisations or teams.
• To participate in face to face weekly multi-disciplinary meetings concerned with the delivery and development of clinical services and to contribute a psychological perspective as appropriate. To contribute to policy development working closely with the Deputy Clinical Lead & Clinical Lead and to the planning and development of service delivery in the team through undertaking agreed project work, presenting at Trust and other organisational meetings or conferences as required.
• To receive regular clinical supervision from the Deputy Clinical Lead or Clinical Lead in accordance with Trust Supervision Policy requirements. Opportunities to develop supervision skills through the supervision of Assistant Psychologists.