Recruit to Train LD-ASD CYP-IAPT Trainee

The successful candidates would be working within the Specialist Schools Mental Health Support Team (MHST) as part of the wider School Based Needs Team. The team offer support to schools in Surrey boroughs. This county-wide service ensures children and young people receive the most appropriate help and support at the right time in alignment with the ITHRIVE model. You will mainly cover Special Schools in the East of the county. As part of a wide Alliance of partners including Tavistock and Portman, the Surrey Wellbeing Partnership, Barnardo's and others, the School Based Need teams will be supporting young people more locally in their schools and communities in collaboration with other agencies driven by a needs-led, outcome-focused framework.

This is a permanent post with this training year funded by HEE. After successful completion of the course you will continue your employment within the service using the new skills you have developed.
This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a very busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work). Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days near start) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures., This role will involve travelling to different schools across the county. Ability to travel is required.

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.