Clinical Team Lead

Medical Update Online; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackney Children's & Families Service seeks a Clinical Team Lead to steer its trauma-informed mental health service for children, young people, families and care leavers. You will lead a multidisciplinary clinical team within a STAR framework to deliver high-quality therapeutic interventions.

You will provide specialist assessments, supervise staff, drive service development and build partnerships with CAMHS and schools, ensuring inclusive and anti-racist practice across the service.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Child Psychotherapy or equivalent.
• At least 5 years' post-qualification experience.
• Extensive experience delivering therapeutic assessments and interventions with children, young people and families.
• Significant leadership, supervision and team management experience.
• Strong knowledge of trauma, attachment, child development and evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
• Experience working within multi-agency safeguarding environments.
• A commitment to anti-racist, anti-oppressive and inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Senior Therapists and an Assistant Psychologist.
• Provide specialist clinical assessments and therapeutic interventions for children, young people and families.
• Support looked-after children, care leavers, youth in custody and those in Edge of Care.
• Deliver consultation, reflective practice, supervision and training to social workers and wider Children85 Services staff.
• Drive service development, innovation, research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Champion anti-racist, trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice.
• Build strong partnerships with CAMHS, education providers and other professional networks.

Skills

Leadership & supervision

Clinical psychology/therapy

Trauma-informed practice

Multi-agency safeguarding

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Clinical Psychology degree or equivalent

Counselling/Systemic/Child Psychotherapy training

Job description

Are you an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Child Psychotherapist or Therapeutic Practitioner looking for an opportunity to lead and shape a pioneering, trauma-informed mental health service?

Hackney Children's & Families Service is seeking an exceptional Clinical Team Lead to lead its innovative in-house Mental Health Service, supporting some of the borough's most vulnerable children, young people, families and care leavers. Working within Hackney's Systemic, Trauma-informed and Anti-Racist (STAR) practice model, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality therapeutic interventions while leading a skilled multidisciplinary clinical team.

About the Role

As Clinical Team Lead, you will:

• Lead and manage a team of Senior Therapists, Clinical Therapists and an Assistant Psychologist.
• Provide specialist clinical assessments and therapeutic interventions for children, young people, carers and families.
• Support looked-after children, care leavers, young people in Youth Justice and those on the Edge of Care.
• Deliver consultation, reflective practice, supervision and training to social workers and wider Children's Services staff.
• Drive service development, innovation, research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Champion anti-racist, trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice.
• Build strong partnerships with CAMHS, education providers and other professional networks.

What We're Looking For:

You will have:

• Professional qualification in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Child Psychotherapy or equivalent.
• At least 5 years' post-qualification experience.
• Extensive experience delivering therapeutic assessments and interventions with children, young people and families experiencing complex needs.
• Significant leadership, supervision and team management experience.
• Strong knowledge of trauma, attachment, child development and evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
• Experience working within multi-agency safeguarding environments.
• A commitment to anti-racist, anti-oppressive and inclusive practice.

Why Join Hackney?

Hackney is committed to ensuring children and young people grow up safe, healthy and able to achieve their full potential. You'll join a forward-thinking organisation that values innovation, reflective practice and professional development, while making a real difference to the lives of children and families across the borough.

• Leadership opportunity within a specialist clinical service
• Opportunity to influence service development and practice innovation
• Work within an established STAR (Systemic, Trauma-informed and Anti-Racist) framework