Description
The Children and Young People's (CYPS) Directorate in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Mindworks East Community Hub.
The Mindworks East Community Hub is split across two sites: Gatton Place (Redhill, RH1 1TA) and Mole Business Park (Leatherhead, KT22 7AD). You will work across both sites, with the split depending on capacity and job planning.
This post is suitable for a highly motivated psychologist interested in ensuring excellent psychological care is accessible for children and young people with complex mental health needs from diverse backgrounds.
This is a permanent full-time (37.5 hours) post.
Applications are invited from Clinical or Counselling Psychologists registered with the HCPC and from Clinical Psychologists currently in training who expect to become registered in 2026.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out comprehensive psychological assessments and formulation
- Plan, implement, and evaluate delivery of psychology interventions to support children and young people with complex mental health needs
- Actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, acting as an advocate, and ensuring proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual, and religious needs and preferences
- Work creatively to adapt verbal and written communication to meet the needs of people who use our services
- Undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans
- Positively contribute to divisional and team developments in relation to all aspects of psychology practice
Benefits
- Salary: £51,657 to £58,785 a year, incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
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. The trust also provides social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.