Job Title: Lead Clinician - Practitioner Psychologist
Location: Copper Fields School, Cornwall, PL18 9EH
Salary: Up to £60,000 pro-rata, (dependent on experience)
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
About the role
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 postholder will work collaboratively with both the school's Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Clinical Locality Lead, plus other key stakeholders across OFG.
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. Both a challenging and rewarding role, this position would suit a resilient and enthusiastic individual, with a therapeutic approach and the ability to make decisions, as well as manage their own workload and supervise others.
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., standardised assessments and clinical services. 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).
Our Clinical Teams support the development of nurturing environments where our learners can flourish, always putting them at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our students are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. With this in mind, we are looking for a Lead Clinician who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.
Essential Criteria:
1. Recognised postgraduate degree in Clinical, Forensic or Educational Psychology
2. Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
3. Valid and up to date professional Registration & membership of the BPS
4. Experience within the specialist client group; working with autistic individuals and those with complex needs.
5. Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities
6. Experience of providing supervision and supporting a therapy team
7. Ability to work independently
8. Ability to work dynamically and within a growing and developing clinical service
9. Experience of multi-professional work with teams or services within the designated specialty preferred
10. Full UK valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
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.
Vacancy ID: 003447
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