Job overview
As part of our community mental health transformation work, Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust are committed to providing robust clinical pathways and ensuring that people using our services and their families have timely access to high quality, evidence-based psychological interventions. To support delivery of our clinical pathways we are investing in a range of psychological practitioner roles, which will sit within/work across our new community neighbourhood teams.
As a Trust we pride our-selves on our innovative and collaborative approach to providing the highest quality, person-centred care: As part of our transition to an integrated neighbourhood model of care, we are developing clinical pathways across primary, secondary care and crisis and emergency service. Our pathways embody strong partnership working with a wide range of statutory and VCSE providers and people with lived experience. Each of the advertised post has a key role in ensuring that the community therapies pathways are high quality, effective and accessible across the adult age range and that psychosocial interventions are embedded in wider service delivery
Main duties of the job
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the systemic family therapy needs of people with mental health difficulties who use our services.
- To supervise and teach staff including students.
The job will be within our Adult Community Mental Health (ACMH) services, and the base will be negotiated with the post holder. We will need a presence in the East and in the West. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within all ACMH services, as need arises.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description document for more information on the requirements and main responsibilities for this job.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with people with complex mental health difficulties.
Registration
Essential
- Current UKCP Registration as Systemic Family Psychotherapist
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Systemic Family Psychotherapy
- Relevant professional Qualifications indicated by AFT Guidance or AFT recognised equivalence.
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This advert is for Systemic Family Therapist (Band 7) with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Leatherhead, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £51,657 - £58,785 pa pro rata for part time. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Jul 2026.
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