Specialist Mental Health Therapist

The role will involve working in the well-established and highly regarded Mindworks New Leaf Service, working with children and young people who are in care, who are adopted and/or under special guardianship and those young people who are care leavers, ensuring that an appropriate, timely and affective therapeutic service is delivered to these vulnerable groups.

Mindworks Surrey is the children and young people's Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health and Learning Disability Service in Surrey.

It is delivered by a group made up of NHS, national and local voluntary sector organisations all working together.

We use an approach called THRIVE, where children and young people have a central voice in decisions about their care. Children and young people have more choices about their options, and more opportunities to access a range of services.

The New Leaf Service sits within the 'Getting More Help' and 'Risk Support' parts of the THRIVE model offering specialist intensive intervention to children, young people and their families/carers. The team's work is underpinned by developmental trauma and attachment theories, employing therapeutic approaches based upon evidence based practice and current research and is provided in collaboration with children, young people, parents/carers and the professional network.

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled clinician to join our well-regarded and innovative New Leaf Specialist Service, providing assessment and therapy to looked after children, care leavers, adopted children and those with Special Guardianship Order. The candidate will need to have significantpost-qualifying experience in the field of child and adolescent mental health and an ability to demonstrate experience and understanding of the issues facing children in care, young people leaving care and children who are adopted and under Special Guardianship Orders and who have experienced trauma. An ability to demonstrate robust risk assessment and management skills with this vulnerable client group are essential to the post, as well as experience of working with children and young people and their families/carers in a therapeutic context. Further details of the main duties and knowledge and experience required are in the attached Job Description.

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.