Community Clinical Lead x 5

Serco Limited; Marchington; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays up to 25 days

Contributory pension

Training and development

Health and wellbeing program

Staff discounts

Volunteer charity day

Employee networks

Job summary

Serco Limited invites a Community Clinical Lead to shape and oversee a Therapeutic Community within a justice setting. You will drive high-quality psychological interventions, embed accreditation standards and lead a diverse clinical team to deliver safe, effective care around the clock.

This senior role requires delivering strategic clinical leadership, safeguarding wellbeing and reducing reoffending, with opportunities to influence practice at regional and national levels.

Qualifications

• Professional registration in psychotherapy, clinical psychology, counselling or forensic psychology.
• Significant post-qualification experience in forensic or secure mental health settings.
• Experience leading or supervising clinicians in a therapeutic environment.
• Understanding Therapeutic Community models and psychodynamic or integrative approaches.
• Ability to make complex clinical decisions across professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead and line manage a multi-disciplinary clinical team delivering therapeutic care.
• Maintain accreditation, quality assurance and governance across the Therapeutic Community.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and professional development.
• Ensure delivery of psychotherapeutic interventions aligned to core models.
• Collaborate with operational teams to support integrated custodial and clinical delivery.
• Represent the Therapeutic Community at regional and national forums for best practice.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with contractual KPIs at Community level.

Skills

Psychotherapy registration

Clinical leadership

Decision making

Therapeutic Community

Education

Professional qualification in psychotherapy

Job description

Location: HMP Dovegate, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST14 8XR
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Schedule: 40 hours per week, permanent

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Community Clinical Lead within our Justice and Immigration psychological services team, you'll lead and shape a high-performing Therapeutic Community, ensuring the consistent delivery of accredited, high-quality psychological interventions that help reduce reoffending and support lasting change.

This is a senior clinical leadership role with real reach and purpose. You'll be responsible for embedding and sustaining Therapeutic Community principles around the clock, creating a safe, effective and values-led environment where colleagues and residents can grow. Your work will directly support rehabilitation, wellbeing and safer communities.

What you'll do as a Community Clinical Lead

You'll be entrusted to:

• Lead and line manage a multi-disciplinary clinical team, ensuring safe, ethical and effective therapeutic delivery
• Maintain accreditation, quality assurance and governance standards across the Therapeutic Community
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and professional development to colleagues
• Ensure the delivery of psychotherapeutic interventions aligned to accredited core models
• Work collaboratively with operational colleagues to support integrated custodial and clinical delivery
• Represent the Therapeutic Community at regional and national forums, contributing to best practice and innovation
• Monitor and Maintain compliance with contractual KPI's at Community Level.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• A recognised professional qualification and registration in psychotherapy, clinical, Counselling or forensic psychology or group analysis
• Significant post-qualification experience within forensic or secure mental health settings
• Proven experience leading or supervising clinicians within a therapeutic environment
• Awareness of Therapeutic Community models and ability to work using a psychodynamic or integrative psychotherapy approach
• The confidence to make complex clinical decisions and influence across professional boundaries

Discover all you need to keep growing

We're one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you'll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we're proud to offer clear development opportunities - and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: Up to 25 days plus bank holidays
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.