Clinical Lead

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Clinical Team Manager at the London Centre of Freedom from Torture. This role involves managing a dedicated team of clinicians to provide essential therapeutic interventions for survivors of torture, ensuring best practices are upheld. You'll work in a supportive environment aimed at empowering clients through innovative, evidence-based treatment methods, while contributing to strategic efforts in human rights advocacy.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary clinical teams.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and psychological interventions.
• Leadership skills to foster team development.
• Ability to develop evidence-based treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate a team of clinicians and volunteers.
• Implement clinical models focused on survivor empowerment.
• Formulate psychological treatment plans for clients with PTSD.

Skills

Team Management

Clinical Supervision

Psychological Treatment

Evidence-Based Practice

Education

Current UK Professional Registration

Job description

Job summary

Would you like to make a positive difference to the lives of survivors of torture? Do you have experience of coordinating clinical services delivery to marginalised groups in a community setting?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Manager to work with an innovative and friendly multidisciplinary team at our London Centre. You will manage and coordinate a team of highly skilled and dedicated clinicians, in the service delivery of a range of NICE guideline recommended therapy interventions, offered to our clients, who are survivors of torture and organised violence. You will report to the Head of Clinical Services, London and operate as an integral part of the London Clinical Services Team. This is an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our four year strategy, and work together to increase the number of clients who can access our services. It is based ina centre specifically designed to be a safe and welcoming environment for survivors and includes gardens and growing facilities.

Main duties of the job

This is a wide-ranging position, and your key areas of responsibility will include:

• To manage a multi-disciplinary team, including paid staff and volunteers from different professions and disciplines and provide professional and clinical supervision to qualified clinicians and trainees in the service including, clinical/counselling psychologists.
• To ensure that Freedom from Torture's clinical model continues to be fully rolled out, with particular emphasis on survivor empowerment and evidence-based practice for addressing PTSD and other mental health impacts of torture.
• Championing people development as well as influence delivery of evidenced -based practice, clinical standards, quality initiatives and audit based services.
• To formulate and negotiate psychological treatment and management plans for referred clients and to provide psychological treatment for a small caseload, using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service in line with the new clinical model Pathways (drawing on a range of evidence-based models for the presenting problems of the clients).
• Being an effective role model and leader to encourage, develop and enhance skills of others.

About us

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, we provide health assessments and liaise with GPs, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Details Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£59,937 to £69,527 a year includes London Weighting

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

B0603-25-0001

Job locations

111 Isledon Rd

London

N7 7JW

Job description Job responsibilities

To manage and develop a multi-disciplinary team providing clinical services for adult clients of Freedom for Torture (FfT) in London and SE, in line with a human rights ethos. Also, work as part of the management team enhancing the development of the London Clinical Services, contributing to strategic aims relating to the prevention of torture and human rights abuse and to capacity building through cooperation with statutory and non-statutory agencies in the London & SE region.

To view details of the full job description, please follow the link under 'Supporting documents'

Job description Job responsibilities

To manage and develop a multi-disciplinary team providing clinical services for adult clients of Freedom for Torture (FfT) in London and SE, in line with a human rights ethos. Also, work as part of the management team enhancing the development of the London Clinical Services, contributing to strategic aims relating to the prevention of torture and human rights abuse and to capacity building through cooperation with statutory and non-statutory agencies in the London & SE region.

To view details of the full job description, please follow the link under 'Supporting documents'

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Please view the full job description to view the role requirements

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Please view the full job description to view the role requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Freedom From Torture

Address

111 Isledon Rd

London

N7 7JW

Employer's website

https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Freedom From Torture

Address

111 Isledon Rd

London

N7 7JW

Employer's website

https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/ (Opens in a new tab)