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Clinical Lead for Mental Health Support Teams in Schools

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Chertsey, KT16 9FG

Salary

£59,798 to £67,020

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

1 September 2026

1 days left

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of delivering the NHS Long Term plan commitment of having integrated mental health teams in schools. Buil...

Our MHSTs support children and young people with 'Getting Help' within the Thrive Framework by delivering targeted evidence-based interventions in schools. The MHSTs also work together with their schools to co-produce and deliver whole school approach work and offer ongoing professional consultation and advice to School Professionals, being the link between the school and wider EWB and MH services.

The Clinical Lead role is a varied role, providing overall Leadership and operational management of your designated MHST(s) and holding clinical responsibility for the team, whilst also working with the team to deliver all 3 functions as listed above where required. The Clinical Lead will have experience in managing and supervising others and leading on service development/change. A key element of the role will be working in partnership with School Leaders and building relationships across services to ensure joint delivery of care. We are looking to build a multi-disciplinary MHST team whose strength will come from a staff structure with a variety of skills and experience. As such we would welcome applications from candidates with a range of professional backgrounds including but not exclusively, CBT Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapists, Child Psychotherapy and Mental Health Nurses.

Please refer to the job description attached.

Please note: You will be required to travel between various sites for this role, so having a driving licence and access to a car is desirable. This is a part time role and we operate all year around.

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.

Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Child Psychotherapist, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy.
  • Postgraduate (Masters and above) level of clinical study
  • Registration with a Professional Body eg: BABCP; HCPC etc.
  • Valid driving license for use in the UK

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of experience in completing specialist mental health assessments and formulation
  • Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions and approaches with children and young people across a variety of care settings.
  • Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working with children and young people at a senior level
  • Experience in the delivering and facilitation of supervision supporting the delivery of evidence-based assessment and approaches
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
  • Experience of working with children and young people, families, and carers within a mental health setting
  • Experience of leading on developing, delivering, and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.
  • Demonstrate ability to work with the systems around the CYP including caregivers and professionals.
  • Leadership or management experience

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

19 August 2026

Last checked

20 August 2026

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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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