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Principal Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
The closing date is 16 July 2026
The Children and Young People’s (CYPS) Directorate in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Practitioner Psychologist to lead psychology in Mindworks North Community Hub. You will be joining a well-established multi-disciplinary children’s mental health team based in Chertsey. The role is part-time (30 hours).
Working closely with the service manager, you will lead on psychology services in the team, ensuring high standards of quality and productivity. You will work alongside the CYPS psychology leads to develop psychology services for children and young people across Surrey.
The post-holder will have expert knowledge of mental health challenges facing children and young people and ideally have additional training or qualifications in psychological interventions, e.g. training in EMDR or BABCP accreditation. They will have substantial experience working in children’s mental health services. They will have experience of adapting interventions to work with neurodiverse children. They will be committed to inclusive and accessible services. Knowledge and skills in supervision and outcome measures is essential.
The successful candidates will hold a Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and registration with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
- To plan and deliver a highly specialist psychology service in Mindworks Community Hub North and to oversee its clinical governance.
- To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of psychologists within the Mindworks Community Hub North.
- To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions and consultation to support children and young people with complex mental health needs.
- To lead in the supervision and contribute to Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of psychology staff, as required.
- To ensure that the healthcare needs of people using services are communicated to and work in partnership with service commissioners and other healthcare providers for the best outcomes.
- To advocate and represent the service.
- To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
- Contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.
- To act as supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements.
- To influence and develop team cultures that support and encourage innovation, creativity, partnership working and curiosity.
About us
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 Trust 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. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilities
Please review the attached Job Description for full information of the main responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent and relevant HCPC registration
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course
- Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
- Additional leadership/management study
Experience
- Extensive post qualification clinical experience in children’s mental health services
- Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work
- Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
- Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
- Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£68,852 to £79,638 a yearIncl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
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