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Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist (ACP registered)</strong></p>
<p>We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist who has ACP registration to work in this supportive multi-disciplinary Specialist CAMHS team based in South Hertfordshire.</p>
<p><strong>We are open to receiving applications from candidates who are currently completing their final year of training with relevant experience.</strong></p>
<p>We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering psychotherapy intervention to young people and will work alongside a senior psychotherapist, as well as the wider multi discipline team. You will be supported to consolidate your training and be given a firm foundation to enable you to establish yourself within your professional role.</p>
<p>HPFT CAMHS service is leading in transforming care for young people and their families and now has a CAMHS Home Treatment Team, a CAMHS DBT Service, and has a dedicated CAMHS Section 136 Suite. We also host our own Tier 4 Inpatient Unit for young people, Forest House Adolescent Unit, which has worked to reduce inpatient admissions and improve community care for young people in crisis.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As the C&amp;A Psychotherapist you will be expected to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Undertake a range of roles providing assessment and therapeutic intervention to children, young people and their families who present with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.</li>
<li>You will be given allocated time for a psychotherapy specific caseload as well as offering core work. The specific work will include psychotherapy cases, parent work and where appropriate state of mind assessments.</li>
<li>Work within the context of CAPA, Thrive and CYP-IAPT and work closely with a range of colleagues in social care, schools and other partner</li>
</ul>
<p>What we offer at HPFT:</p>
<ul>
<li>Coaching network where trained coaches throughout the Trust are matched with staff of all disciplines to provide a powerful development opportunity</li>
<li>Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers</li>
<li>Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike -saving on tax and insurance included</li>
<li>Wellbeing activities - from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our signature craft club join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing</li>
<li>Gym discounts, including Nuffield Health and David Lloyd.</li>
<li>Refer a friend to work for the Trust and receive up to £500! <em>(</em><em>A payment of £250 will be made when the applicant commences employment with us and a further payment of £250 will be made once they hit 6 months continuous service with us)</em></li>
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  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the<strong>Care Quality Commission</strong></p> <p>Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:</p> <p><strong>Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.</strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £40,617 to £48,778 a year
      
        per annum, pro rata  (Inclusive of 5% HCAs)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>2 years</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>367-CYP-9920</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>St Albans CAMHS</p>
      <p>99 Waverley Road</p>
      <p>St Albans</p>
            <p>AL3 5TQ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To deliver a high quality service working with, adolescents and their families/carers and to professionals from other organisations to ensure practices that respond effectively to both individual and service need.The post holder will be autonomously responsible for assessing and delivering intervention to children, young people and families in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problems within the context of CAPA (The Choice and Partnership Approach) and CYP-IAPT.</p> <p>The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical/professional supervision of senior clinicians of own and other professions.</p> <p>The post-holder will provide clinical/professional supervision to trainees on placement, more junior staff of the same discipline and multi-disciplinary colleagues for purposes of training and continuing professional development.</p> <p>The post holder will contribute to research, audit and evaluation for service development.</p>   

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To deliver a high quality service working with, adolescents and their families/carers and to professionals from other organisations to ensure practices that respond effectively to both individual and service need.The post holder will be autonomously responsible for assessing and delivering intervention to children, young people and families in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problems within the context of CAPA (The Choice and Partnership Approach) and CYP-IAPT.</p> <p>The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical/professional supervision of senior clinicians of own and other professions.</p> <p>The post-holder will provide clinical/professional supervision to trainees on placement, more junior staff of the same discipline and multi-disciplinary colleagues for purposes of training and continuing professional development.</p> <p>The post holder will contribute to research, audit and evaluation for service development.</p>     
  


      
  
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          Knowledge/Training/Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Relevant professional registration as per person spec</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of CPD</li>
        
        <li>registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience and Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area, or several years' experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration and some knowledge of social care services and legislation</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches</li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
        
        <li>Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
        
        <li>Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Communication Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions</li>
        
        <li>Positive problem solving approach</li>
        
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          Physical Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)</li>
        
        <li>IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook</li>
        
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            Knowledge/Training/Experience
          
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          <li>Relevant professional registration as per person spec</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of CPD</li>
          
          <li>registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Experience and Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area, or several years' experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration and some knowledge of social care services and legislation</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches</li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
          
          <li>Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
          
          <li>Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Communication Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions</li>
          
          <li>Positive problem solving approach</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Physical Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)</li>
          
          <li>IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>St Albans CAMHS</p>
      <p>99 Waverley Road</p>
      <p>St Albans</p>
            <p>AL3 5TQ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/" target="_blank">https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>St Albans CAMHS</p>
          <p>99 Waverley Road</p>
          <p>St Albans</p>
                    <p>AL3 5TQ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/" target="_blank">https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We have an exciting opportunity for a 6 session Band 7 Adult Psychotherapist post to join our dynamic, friendly and welcoming secondary care team in the North-West Surrey Psychotherapy Service at Unither House, Chertsey which is one of three psychotherapy services in the Trust.</p>
<p>We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience of working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations and/or those with a core professional training in mental health.</p>
<p>The post holder will have substantial experience working as an adult psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations.</p>
<p>We strongly encourage applicants to visit/contact the department prior to interview.Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will direct your call or email <a href="mailto:psychotherapyswneh@sabp.nhs.uk" target="_blank">psychotherapyswneh@sabp.nhs.uk</a></p>
<p>Interviews to be held the morning of Wednesday 14th January 2026 at Unither House, Chertsey.</p>
<p>We look forward to receiving your application!</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To undertake psychotherapeutic consultations and provide individual psychodynamic psychotherapy.</p> <p>To liaise with professionals, carers and relatives as required about referrals patients to the service.</p> <p> Maintaining up to date risk assessments on patients that are directly involved in your care. </p>  <p> To involve patients in their personal care plans taking their individual needs and preferences into account.</p>  <p> To conduct both group analytic and mentalization based treatments following appropriate training and with ongoing supervision.</p>  <p> To help advise other professionals and trainees engaged in mental health work about the role and suitability of Psychoanalytically informed interventions.</p>  <p>Please refer to the job description for more information on the requirements for this role.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.</strong></p> <p><strong>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.</strong></p> <p>We look forward to receiving your application!</p>       
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>04 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £50,008 to £56,908 a year
      
        (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>325-7066193-COMM-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Unither House</p>
      <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
      <p>Chertsey</p>
            <p>KT16 9FG</p>
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    <p>Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>In depth understanding and training in the delivery of individual psychoanalytic therapy is mandatory.</li>
        
        <li>In depth knowledge and experience of conducting psychotherapy consultations for individual therapy is mandatory</li>
        
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>UKCP accreditation with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.</li>
        
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            Experience
          
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          <li>In depth understanding and training in the delivery of individual psychoanalytic therapy is mandatory.</li>
          
          <li>In depth knowledge and experience of conducting psychotherapy consultations for individual therapy is mandatory</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>UKCP accreditation with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.</li>
          
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Unither House</p>
      <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
      <p>Chertsey</p>
            <p>KT16 9FG</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us" target="_blank">https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Unither House</p>
          <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
          <p>Chertsey</p>
                    <p>KT16 9FG</p>
        
      

      
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B7 Adult Psychotherapist - part time

<p><em><strong>Hours:</strong> Part time, (three days per week), Term time only plus INSET days</em></p> <p>Streatham &amp; Clapham High School (SCHS) seeks to appoint an outstanding School Counsellor to join our innovative Pastoral and Safeguarding team.</p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>This is a unique opportunity to join a deeply collaborative, student-centred pastoral team, where your expertise will make a real difference to the wellbeing of our pupils.</p> <p>Working closely with the Assistant Head Pastoral, Safeguarding &amp; DSL and our wider multi-disciplinary staff, you will provide short-term, evidence-based therapeutic support to Senior School pupils through both one-to-one and small-group interventions.</p> <p>You will contribute to our whole-school approach to wellbeing, playing an active role in staff training, PSHCE provision, and wider pastoral strategy, as well as working in partnership with parents and external agencies to ensure a fully joined-up approach to pupil welfare.</p> <p><strong>About You</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a professionally qualified counsellor or psychotherapist with accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with BACP, UKCP, BAAT, APC or similar.</p> <p>Experience with children or adolescents is essential, ideally within education, along with warmth, excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to safeguarding and mental health.</p> <p>SCHS offers a collaborative, supportive environment with clinical supervision, ongoing CPD and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on pupils' lives.</p> <p><strong>About Streatham &amp; Clapham High School</strong></p> <p>Streatham &amp; Clapham High School is an independent, academically selective school for girls, aged 3 to 18 with over 870 pupils across the Prep and Senior Schools. The Senior School inhabits a four-acre site focused on an impressive 1930s building in a delightfully tranquil and leafy oasis of south London.</p> <p>As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Competitive salaries and pay progression</p> </li> <li> <p>Access to extensive professional development opportunities</p> </li> <li> <p>Training grants for qualifications</p> </li> <li> <p>Generous pension schemes</p> </li> <li> <p>Free life assurance benefit</p> </li> <li> <p>A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools</p> </li> <li> <p>Free lunches for all staff during term time</p> </li> <li> <p>Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans</p> </li> <li> <p>A Cycle to Work scheme</p> </li> <li> <p>Good transport links</p> </li> <li> <p>Competitive terms and conditions of employment</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>How to Apply</strong></p> <p>For full details and to apply please click the <strong>Apply </strong>button.</p> <p>Applications should be received no later than<strong> 8:00am on 5 January 2026.</strong></p> <p>Interviews will take place shortly thereafter, though the school reserves the right to appoint an exceptional candidate at any stage of the application process.</p> <p><em>The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.</em></p> <p><em>We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.</em></p>

School Counsellor

<p><strong>Join Our Team as a Counsellor Supervisor!</strong></p><p>Are you passionate about supporting the mental health of students in an educational environment? We have an exciting temporary opportunity for a Counsellor Supervisor to join our dynamic Mental Health Team at our Hillingdon campus. If you're ready to make a positive impact, read on!</p><p><strong>Position:</strong> Counsellor Supervisor<br><strong>Location:</strong> Hillingdon, Greater London<br><strong>Contract Type:</strong> Temporary (3 months, with the possibility to apply for a permanent role)<br><strong>Salary:</strong> 22.20 per hour<br><strong>Hours:</strong> Monday to Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM<br><strong>Work Environment:</strong> Fully onsite</p><p><strong>About the Role:</strong><br>As part of our Student Services Department, you will play a pivotal role in providing supervision to our trainees, enhancing their skills while ensuring top-notch support for our students and staff facing mental health challenges. You'll engage in both online and face-to-face supervision, group settings, and individual counselling sessions as needed.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><ul><li><strong>Supervision &amp; Support:</strong></li> - Conduct face-to-face and online counselling supervision for trainees, determining session frequency and structure.</ul></ul><ul><ul>- Offer individual counselling to students and staff based on availability.</ul></ul><ul><ul>- Provide clinical supervision to associate and trainee counsellors, ensuring high standards of care.</ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li><strong>Collaboration &amp; Communication:</strong></li> - Collaborate with the Wellbeing, Inclusion and Support team for effective referrals.</ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul>- Participate in training, team meetings, and advisory groups to foster a supportive environment.</ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul>- Promote our Wellbeing services by liaising with external professional bodies.</ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li><strong>programme Development:</strong></li> - Develop and supervise issue-based and therapeutic group workshops for students.</ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul>- Contribute to the growth of the Counselling Service through project management and training initiatives.</ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li><strong>Crisis Management:</strong></li> - Respond to urgent cases with risk assessments in line with our protocols.</ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul>- Provide referrals and support for students and staff facing emotional, psychological, or mental health issues.</ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><p><strong>What We're Looking For:</strong></p><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>A qualified professional with experience in counselling and supervision.</li><li>A strong communicator who can build rapport with both trainees and clients.</li><li>An individual who adheres to the BACP Ethical Framework and maintains confidentiality at all times.</li><li>Ability to assess risk and manage urgent situations effectively.</li><li>Enthusiasm for developing and delivering training modules for staff and trainees.</li></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><p><strong>Why Join Us?</strong></p><p>This is an incredible opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of students while developing the next generation of counsellors. Enjoy the vibrant campus atmosphere in Hillingdon and collaborate with a dedicated team committed to mental health and wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Ready to Make an Impact?</strong><br>If you're excited about this opportunity and ready to contribute your expertise, we want to hear from you! Apply now and be a part of a transformative experience in education and mental health.</p><p><strong>We look forward to welcoming you to our team!</strong></p><p><em>Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.</em></p><p>Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK &amp; Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.</p><p>By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explaining how we will use your information is available on our website.</p>

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