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Job Title: Lead Clinician - Highly Specialist OT/SALT
Location: Oakfield House School - North West
Salary: GBP50,000 - GBP60,000 (dependent on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm
Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks
Essential: Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle required
About the role
We are looking for a Lead Clinician - Highly Specialist OT/SALT to manage our in-house Clinical Team at our Oakfield House School based in the North West. The postholder will work collaboratively with both the school's Senior Leadership team and the Locality Clinical Lead. The role will be split between clinically leading the team and holding a therapy caseload. The postholder will be responsible for coordinating the line management of the members of the onsite clinical team. Working collaboratively with the site, you 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.
You will also 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. This is an exciting and innovative time for the Clinical Team so please get in touch to find out more.
Working within the overall framework of the service policies and procedures, you 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 Plan (EHCP).
Our well-established Clinical Team maintains a nurturing environment 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 Clinical Lead 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:
* Recognised degree in either Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Psychotherapy or registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
* Valid and up-to-date professional Registration & membership of professional body e.g. HCPC, RCOT, RCSLT.
* Experience within the specialist client group; working with autistic individuals and those with complex needs.
* A minimum of 3 years' experience working with Neurodivergent children.
* Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities.
* Experience of providing supervision and supporting a therapy team.
* Ability to work independently.
* Experience of multi-professional work with teams or services within the designated specialty preferred.
* Full UK valid driving licence and access to own vehicle.
Why work for us?
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.
Benefits
* 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.
* Work 4 days, be paid for 5 T&C's apply - following successful completion of the probation period.
* 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.
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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