Location: Copper Fields School, Cornwall, PL18 9EH
Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent, 41 weeks, Term Time only
Essential: Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle required
This is a really exciting time to join our new clinical team supporting Copper Fields School. With experienced Psychologists and Lead Clinicians working across the South West locality, clinical supervision available internally and our £2000 CPD incentive (following successful completion of the probation period), this post will offer the successful applicant an opportunity to develop their specialism in working with autistic children and young people, including those who have experienced trauma.
We are looking for a Lead Clinician to provide frontline management and leadership support to our new in-house Clinical Team in our brand new Copper Fields School based in the South West. The role will be split between clinically leading the team and holding a therapy caseload. Working collaboratively with the team, the postholder will deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our students who may present with complex profiles of need as a result of autism and other types of neurodivergence, developmental trauma and social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. They will also be responsible for coordinating the line management of the members of the onsite clinical team and leading on the service development of the clinical school-based service, alongside the school SLT and Clinical Locality Lead.
The postholder will be responsible for holding the therapy caseload with the full support of our well-established and knowledgeable clinical network and growing Clinical Team, you will also contribute to staff training and consultation. Working within overall framework of the service policies and procedures, the postholder will be supporting the integration of the specific service in the day to day running of each provision i.e., A key aspect of the role will be to deliver the wellbeing and clinical rainbow strategy at a universal, enhanced and specialist level to support our wider teams in meeting our pupils’ needs in line with set Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Location: Copper Fields School – South West
Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of special needs education. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate for.
Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Options Autism.
Recognised postgraduate degree in Clinical, Forensic or Educational Psychology
Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities
Experience of providing supervision and supporting a therapy team
Full UK valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
Alongside working with a network of clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
~ Life Assurance Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
~“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
~ Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
~ A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
~100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
~ Cycle to Work Schemes
~ Electric Car Purchase Scheme
~ Critical illness cover
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS
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