Deputy Head of Pastoral Care

Job overview

The Department of Pastoral and Spiritual Care at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) is seeking an experienced compassionate leader to join us at  Deputy Head. This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver inclusive, high-quality pastoral and spiritual care across our mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental, and drug and alcohol services.

We are looking for a skilled spiritual care practitioner with substantial experience supporting people living with complex needs. You will demonstrate a strong leadership and communication skills, alongside a clear commitment to equality inclusion and compassionate, person-centred care. You will work closely with the Head of pastoral and Spiritual care and support both the strategic direction and operational delivery of the service. In addition to providing expert pastoral, spiritual, and religious care to people who use our services, their families and carers, and Trust staff, you will play a key leadership role in service development, education and training, supervision, and partnership working with diverse faith and belief communities.

The role also includes contributing to governance, and quality improvement initiatives. This position offers an excellent opportunity in delivering the strategic, visions and values of our Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Head of Pastoral Care will work alongside the Head of Pastoral Care to shape the strategic direction of the department and ensure the delivery of a high‑quality pastoral, spiritual, religious, and cultural care service. The post holder will act as both a senior practitioner and deputy manager, supporting people who use our services, their carers, and Trust staff across a diverse mental health and learning disability setting.

Main Duties

• Provide specialist pastoral, spiritual, and religious care across mental health wards, community mental health teams, and learning disability services.
• Respond to urgent and routine referrals across the Trust.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary, multi‑faith team.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and strategic planning.
• Support, supervise, and develop volunteers and junior staff.
• Deliver training and education on pastoral and spiritual care.
• Ensure the service is accessible, safe, culturally competent, and responsive to the needs of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description for more information on the requirements for this job. If you have further questions about the role which the advert and job description do not answer, please contact us.