MHST Specialist Schools Senior Mental Health Practitioner

We are seeking a senior mental health practitioner full or part time. This post will cover the Surrey short stay and SEMH schools in the South of Surrey. You will be part of the Specialist Schools Mental Health Support Team (SS MHST) who work Surrey wide (based in a newly refurbished base in Leatherhead). The SS MHST is a vibrant new team that has been coproduced with children and young people (CYP), families and schools to support CYP attending specialist schools in Surrey. Specialist schools include those offering specialist provision for CYP with diagnoses of Learning Disabilities/Developmental Delay, Autism Spectrum Condition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or significant Social, Emotional or Behavioural needs. Our Team currently comprises of Education and Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Supervisor (OT), RTT ASC/LD, Assistant Psychologist, and the clinical Lead/Systemic Psychotherapist. SABP offers a range of continued professional development opportunities.
Depending on your professional qualification there are opportunities such as reflective practice groups, supervision training, coaching skills, opportunities in Clinical Leadership and top up degrees., This exciting opportunity means we are looking to recruit a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our MHST Specialist schools Team in Surrey. As a Senior Practitioner you will be responsible for delivering individual and or group interventions directly to CYP and their families, providing consultation, advice and training to other professionals and the supervision of junior members of the Team. The clinician will be a professional who has experience and a passion for providing direct intervention's to yp with ASC and LD and special education needs.
We are looking to build a multi-disciplinary MHST team whose strength will come from the variety of skills and experience brought by each team member. As such we would welcome applications from candidates with a range of experience and from range of core professional backgrounds including but not exclusively: Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapists, Child Psychotherapy, Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurses and CBT Therapists.

We are looking for measured, inspiring, motivated, dynamic, experienced, forward-thinking clinicians who are flexible and able to work effectively with partners in education, multiagency partners, children, young people and their families. As this is a new service you will be part of shaping the way we work moving forward.

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.