# Specialist Educational Psychologist Role (Mental Health Support Teams) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-educational-psychologist-role-mental-health-support-teams/ec9faee6-a4e7-4596-a6a4-c719ac8e0582 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-educational-psychologist-role-mental-health-support-teams/ec9faee6-a4e7-4596-a6a4-c719ac8e0582.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Leatherhead - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £59,798 - £67,020 inclusive of 5% Fringe HCAS, per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Full time and part time hours available.) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-01T11:01:09.983Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Leatherhead/Surrey_Borders_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Child_Adolescent/Mental_Health_Child_Adolescent-v8087782 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8087782?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sabp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a NHS role, within Mindworks led by Surrey and Borders NHS trust. It demonstrates the significant contribution Educational Psychologists (EP) can make (particularly with knowledge and skills regarding social, emotional and mental health, school systems, and consultation) in promoting child and young person emotional wellbeing and mental health. We are a small group of EPs, linked to Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), and embedded within a School Based Need (SBN) service. We work jointly with a range of Children and Young People Services - Mental Health professionals (e.g. clinical psychologists, play therapists, CBT practitioners) in pursuit of a shared goal around CYP thriving. Our particular focus is around ‘Whole School Approaches,’ which involves work with school leaders on different areas of school functioning (as set out in Public Health England’s Whole School Approach Framework, for example). Our team’s overall ethos is captured by a focus on outcomes (not outputs), approaches (not just activities), and the idea that if a young person is not thriving we should intervene in their environment first before looking within the individual. Our EPs get monthly supervision, and we meet half termly for a CPD focussed ‘together day’ (last day we looked at shared psychological frameworks and a neighbouring service facilitated a PATH for us; for our next day we’re receiving training from a systemic practitioner on group dynamics relevant to school leadership teams). ### Main duties of the job Innovative work that is preventative, multi-systemic, and at the intersection of health and education. As a specialist EP you will deliver on three types of work: (1) with schools, (2) within linked MHSTs, and (3) on whole Surrey programmes. In your school work you will facilitate systemic change by working with school leaders, and in partnership with a range of health and education colleagues. We use a consultation approach and the application of a range of psychological frameworks to understand the needs of, and affect change within, a system. You will build a shared understanding of whole school need, plan and at times deliver activities (inc. training, staff groups), and support the implementation of new practices. This is all in collaboration with health and education colleagues, in pursuit of a shared goal around improving the lived experience of everyone in a school community. In addition to this work with schools, we provide support to Mental Health Support Teams and their varied mental health professionals. This includes consultation, joint work, training, and contribution to multi- professional meetings. This role comes with the opportunity to work with our MHST which supports Surrey Specialist Schools. EPs working within Mindworks also collaborate with Local Authority partners on whole county training and implementation (e.g. Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed Schools), Senior Mental Health Lead supervision, and Team Around the School work. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description. The teams work as part of 3 geographical hubs (North, South and East) with clinic bases across Surrey in Chertsey, Frimley, Godalming, Guildford, Leatherhead and Redhill. Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. When your employment begins, you will need to be a member of HCPC. An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role. For an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Dr Dave Damon. ## Job Details This is a NHS role, within Mindworks led by Surrey and Borders NHS trust. It demonstrates the significant contribution Educational Psychologists (EP) can make (particularly with knowledge and skills regarding social, emotional and mental health, school systems, and consultation) in promoting child and young person emotional wellbeing and mental health. We are a small group of EPs, linked to Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), and embedded within a School Based Need (SBN) service. We work jointly with a range of Children and Young People Services - Mental Health professionals (e.g. clinical psychologists, play therapists, CBT practitioners) in pursuit of a shared goal around CYP thriving. Our particular focus is around ‘Whole School Approaches,’ which involves work with school leaders on different areas of school functioning (as set out in Public Health England’s Whole School Approach Framework, for example). Our team’s overall ethos is captured by a focus on outcomes (not outputs), approaches (not just activities), and the idea that if a young person is not thriving we should intervene in their environment first before looking within the individual. Our EPs get monthly supervision, and we meet half termly for a CPD focussed ‘together day’ (last day we looked at shared psychological frameworks and a neighbouring service facilitated a PATH for us; for our next day we’re receiving training from a systemic practitioner on group dynamics relevant to school leadership teams). ## Job Description Innovative work that is preventative, multi-systemic, and at the intersection of health and education. As a specialist EP you will deliver on three types of work: (1) with schools, (2) within linked MHSTs, and (3) on whole Surrey programmes. In your school work you will facilitate systemic change by working with school leaders, and in partnership with a range of health and education colleagues. We use a consultation approach and the application of a range of psychological frameworks to understand the needs of, and affect change within, a system. You will build a shared understanding of whole school need, plan and at times deliver activities (inc. training, staff groups), and support the implementation of new practices. This is all in collaboration with health and education colleagues, in pursuit of a shared goal around improving the lived experience of everyone in a school community. In addition to this work with schools, we provide support to Mental Health Support Teams and their varied mental health professionals. This includes consultation, joint work, training, and contribution to multi- professional meetings. This role comes with the opportunity to work with our MHST which supports Surrey Specialist Schools. EPs working within Mindworks also collaborate with Local Authority partners on whole county training and implementation (e.g. Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed Schools), Senior Mental Health Lead supervision, and Team Around the School work. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached job description. The teams work as part of 3 geographical hubs (North, South and East) with clinic bases across Surrey in Chertsey, Frimley, Godalming, Guildford, Leatherhead and Redhill. Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. When your employment begins, you will need to be a member of HCPC. An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role. For an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Dr Dave Damon. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people from across different developmental stages with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles. - Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic - Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group - Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work. - Experience of supervising assistant and trainee practitioner psychologists - Demonstrable interest/skill in a relevant specialist area. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology qualification or equivalent - Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 12 months of commencement in post) ## Documents - [vacancy links (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2727) - [carers information (pdf, 604.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2716) - [band 8a ed psychologist (pdf, 392.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10384274) - [sabp competency profile map (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2714) - [mindful employer information (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2715) - [benefits of nhs pension scheme (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2717) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.