We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduate to join our small and friendly team of clinicians delivering both individual and team psychological interventions to staff.

Here for You is a psychology led, wellbeing and mental health service offering confidential staff support for NHS, social care, Surrey County Council and other eligible staff groups across Surrey & North East Hampshire. The aims are to align with our local People Plan and Trust wellbeing strategy, to offer wellbeing information and access to resources as well as providing rapid access to psychological services where needed. We work closely with all our partner organisations across Surrey and NE Hampshire to join up the wellbeing offers and to provide outreach to identified vulnerable staff groups.

It is important to us that the team of staff within Here for You reflects the wider workforce that we serve. We very much welcome all applications including those from people from an ethnic minority community and people with a wider experience of NHS and our local communities.

Within this role the postholder will be expected to co-facilitate the delivery of workshops, bespoke team sessions, individual wellbeing plans and brief triage sessions to staff. In addition, you will be supporting the clinicians in the service with their delivery of interventions. Providing a monthly data report for SABP and NHSE and supporting the smooth running of the service are key aspects of this post. With the other assistant psychologist, you will be leading on our communications and social media for the service. Here for You offers a range of interventions which we continually review and develop as required to meet the needs of our staff and the latest evidence based practice. The post holder will also work with the Head of Staff Support in support the Trust SIST (Staff Incident Support Team) Service.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn and develop a wide range of clinical and audit skills within a committed and supportive team. The postholder will support the delivery of psychological wellbeing initiatives and play an important role in helping to support our staff. Working both within our organisation and across the whole system, you will experience whole system working and the new roles of applied psychologists within NHS. A keenness to develop new skills and learning and to deliver a responsive and compassionate service is essential.

Applicants must be eligible for graduate basis for registration with the BPS (British Psychological Society).

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.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqueline Rose Job title: Senior Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Here for You Email address: Jacqueline.rose@sabp.nhs.uk

Dr Maria Geoghegan, Clinical & Service Lead, Here for You. Maria.geoghegan@sabp.nhs.uk

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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