Consultant Clinical Specialist – Children

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Melksham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health and social care provider in the UK is seeking a Strategic Consultant Clinical Lead for Children We Care For. This role emphasizes clinical leadership and requires extensive experience with looked after children. The ideal candidate will collaborate across health and social care, influencing service delivery and contributing to system-wide improvements. Various benefits, including career progression and support groups, are offered.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Provide clinical expertise through assessments and consultations for children.
• Lead service development and contribute to strategic oversight.
• Deliver supervision and training promoting trauma-informed practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership in developing trauma-informed services.
• Work across health and social care systems.
• Contribute to meaningful system-wide improvements.

Skills

Extensive experience working with looked after children and complex trauma

Confidence in leading service development at a strategic level

Strong leadership and collaboration skills

Understanding of therapeutic approaches related to trauma

Education

Senior clinician qualifications (Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Family Therapist)

Job description

This is a pivotal leadership role within our CAMHS service as the Strategic Consultant Clinical Lead for Children We Care For / Children Looked After (CWCF/CLA) across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW).

In this role, you will provide clinical leadership in the development and delivery of trauma-informed services for children and young people with care experience. Working across health and social care systems, you’ll use your clinical expertise to influence service delivery and contribute to meaningful system-wide improvements.

We are seeking a senior clinician – such as a Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Family Therapist, or equivalent – with:

• Extensive experience working with looked after children and complex trauma
• Confidence in leading service development at a strategic level
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills across multi-agency systems
• A solid understanding of therapeutic approaches related to trauma, attachment, and child development
• Provide clinical expertise through assessments, formulations, and consultations for children and young people with care experience.
• Work in partnership with health, social care, and education professionals to support complex case planning and integrated decision-making.
• Lead service development in priority areas including care transitions, neurodevelopmental pathways, and provision for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
• Deliver supervision and training to CAMHS teams and external partners, promoting trauma-informed and evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to strategic oversight by supporting service evaluation, quality improvement, and representing CAMHS on regional panels and forums.
  
  

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Loren Davy Green Job title: Clinical Lead BSW CAMHS Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01865 903777

Rachel Watts- BSW CAMHS In Reach Clinical Team Manager- 07919396862, [e-mail]

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.