Job Title: Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead
Location: Scunthorpe / Wakefield
Salary: £60,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Part Time / Job Share will be considered)
Contract: Full Time; Permanent.
Plus £8,000 relocation package
Are you excited by working during times of transformative change and growing services?
Do you want to be part of developing a Clinical Services/Regional Well-Being Hub supporting specialist schools and residential homes?
Do you want to make a significant difference to a varied and professionally challenging group of children and young people?
Do you want to create a nationally important resource with the substantial backing of a leading provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with complex needs?
Are you interested in and experienced in the field of working with the challenges associated with ASD, complex needs and early developmental trauma related needs?
If so we have the role for you! We’re looking for a Clinical Lead/Regional Well-Being Lead to join Outcomes First Group.
About The Role
This role is ideal for those who enjoy a variety of leadership and clinical practice. Reporting directly into the Regional Head of Clinical Services you will work across our regional clinical hub within a range of settings, holding clinical responsibility whilst also managing and developing a multi-disciplinary team providing services of, but not limited to - Educational Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational and Sensory Integration Therapy, Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Therapy Assistants and other appropriate professions as the allocated services require to meet the needs of children, young people and adult’s. You will be responsible for the outstanding functionality of the inhouse clinical provision achieved through a substantial resource being at your disposal. The role is integral to the Senior Leadership Team.
Who we are looking for
The post holder will lead, manage and hold clinical responsibility across two education sites Barton School, based in Barton-Upon-Humber, and Meadowcroft School, based in Wakefield, and attached residential services.
We are looking for an outstanding trauma and neurodevelopmental differences informed clinician, with strong and proven leadership and management skills. The multi-disciplinary team will help provide all levels of service intervention to surrounding provisions within the Outcomes First Group, so the post holder will need to have their own means of transport.
The post-holder will work independently within the overall framework of the service policies and procedures and support the integration of their 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 quality assuring the hub and its delivery of informed interventions at a universal, targeted and specialist level to support our wider teams in meeting our children, young peoples and adult’s needs in line with set Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
The role is required to take place in a range of settings across the group in applying assessments and the delivery of clinical/medical intervention. Skills in the management of data are also important as the role includes collecting and analysing data to inform various pieces of service delivery, development and project work.
Requirements
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post Graduate Qualification, for example MA / Doctorate
- First degree in psychology, education, social work or related discipline.
- Experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Demonstrable ability to lead and manage strategically
- Ability to work collaboratively with a range of key partners
- Ability to work sensitively with people and resolve conflict.
Why work for us
- Opportunity to enrich the lives of young people and make a positive difference
- Social activities
- "Your Wellbeing Matters"
- Employee Rewards Hub
- Free School meals on site
- No two days are ever the same
- Be part of a fantastic team who work hard together and support each other
- Opportunity to enrich the lives of young people and make a positive difference
- Continuous professional development and training for a clear career path
- Access to an allocated budget assigned for continuous professional development, training and on costs for a clear career path
- Supportive team environment
- Well-resourced provision
- Ongoing funded clinical supervision/Licence
Applications are invited online through the Acorn Care and Education website www.acorncare.co.uk.
If you have any further questions regarding how to apply or arrange a visit please call Dr. Leanne Johnson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Regional Head of Children’s Clinical Services at Leanne.Johnson@ofgl.co.uk
The Outcomes First Group are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All successful applicants will be subject to fully Enhanced DBS and necessary checks. We expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment and strive to achieve the best outcome possible for everybody in our care. A full application form must be completed with all employment dates accurate and gaps in employment accounted for.