About this role
Job summary
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.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Achieved grades /year of experience
Desirable
Achieved grades /year of experience
Qualifications Essential
Degree in Theology/Religious Studies or equivalent to Level 6 or above, must be a practitioner with considerable experience in mental healthcare , (see JD on qualification requirements Experience , Knowledge & Skill
Desirable
Achieved grades/Years of experience and others
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Silverwood
Holloway Hill, Lyne,
Chertsey
KT16 0AE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)