Head of Clinical Services

We are currently looking for a Head of Clinical service to join our Clinical Team at our Head Office, Shrewsbury. The candidate will provide managerial oversight of the clinical team alongside holding a small caseload of clinical work, providing therapeutic consultancy to our Learning Disability and Autism services, maintaining working links with therapeutic associates and contributing to the strategic vision of the service.,

• Advice, clinical oversight, guidance and leadership role in relation to the clinical team;


• Managerial supervision of clinical team members;


• Audit and development of the Clinical Services Department;


• Consultancy to staff teams and the wider organisation;


• Provision of individual therapy sessions;


• Delivery of training across the service;


• Conducting psychological assessments including cognitive assessments, risk assessments and utilisation of psychometrics;


• Managing clinical referral and triage systems, alongside establishing and maintaining work relationships with external therapeutic associates;


• Maintaining and developing effective policies around service delivery, particularly those relating to clinical governance;


• To be fully aware of the relevant legal frameworks and any developments therein;


• To communicate effectively with relevant agencies;


• To build and maintain effective relationships across the organisation;


• To take an active part in organisational and strategic development;


• To actively maintain, facilitate and develop mechanisms of integration between care, education and the clinical service.
  
  Masters / Doctoral level training in Psychotherapy / Psychology;


• Full membership of relevant professional body - HCPC, UKCP etc;


• Proven relevant post qualification experience;


• Able to demonstrate service management experience;


• A developed, sophisticated and robust theoretical understanding of complex trauma / attachment theory;


• Knowledge of service delivery in relation to ASD, ADHD, LD;


• The ability to deliver high quality training, staff team consultancy, therapeutic interventions and assessment., Demonstrable experience as a psychotherapist / psychologist working with young people who present with complex trauma and significant risk;


• Proven experience of working with young people diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, LD;


• Evidence of leadership/ service management experience;


• Substantial experience of staff team consultancy including systemic working with care, education and health services;


• Knowledge and/or experience working with harmful sexual behaviour and youth offending/youth justice services;


• Experience of auditing and developing systems;


• Experience of delivering high quality supervision;


• Experience of delivering high quality training.
  
  New Reflexions is a well-established, specialist, independent provider of high-quality services for young people in therapeutic residential care/education. The Clinical Services Department sits at the heart of an integrated model of intervention stretching across care, education, psychology, and therapy.


The Clinical Services Department is well resourced and has a dedicated suite of therapy rooms. We provide access to supervision, and ongoing professional development. The current team includes Art Psychotherapy, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, and Speech and Language Therapy.

Pulled from the full job description

• Car scheme


• Casual dress


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Health & wellbeing programme


• Referral programme


• Sabbatical, Salary: Starting from £62,000 (dependent upon experience), Free access to 5 caravans throughout the UK for a personal holiday


• Funded DBS checks


• Refer a friend scheme - refer a friend to come join the New Reflexions team and earn a £500 bonus per referral or £1,000 for a qualified referral.


• Free confidential employee assistance programme and app.


• Access to Blue Light discount card scheme


• Bike-to-work and electric vehicle scheme


• Workplace pension


• Access to the Training Hub with 800 care sector-specific specialist online subjects; CPD accredited & certificated


• Access to external clinical supervision