Lead Clinician - Highly Specialist OT, SALT

JR United Kingdom; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Clinician to manage a clinical team at a school in the North West. This role focuses on supporting students with complex needs, including autism and developmental trauma, through tailored assessment and intervention plans. The organization emphasizes work-life balance with a trial of a 4-Day Working Week, allowing staff to work fewer days while maintaining full pay. With a strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals. Join a collaborative team dedicated to empowering young people in the UK.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension Scheme

Mental Health Support Services

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical Illness Cover

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience with neurodivergent children.
• Valid professional registration with HCPC or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage in-house clinical team and hold therapy caseload.
• Deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans.

Skills

Report Writing

Supervision

Independent Working

Multi-professional Collaboration

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Practitioner Psychologist Registration

Job description

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Lead Clinician - Highly Specialist OT, SALT, United Kingdom

Client: Outcomes First Group

Location: Oakfield House School – Salwick, North West PR4 0YH

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 21.03.2025

Expiry Date: 05.05.2025

Job Description:

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm

Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks

Essential: Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle required

About the role: We are looking for a Lead Clinician - Highly Specialist OT, SALT to manage our in-house Clinical Team at our Oakfield House School. The postholder will work collaboratively with both the school’s Senior Leadership team and the Locality Clinical Lead. The role will be split between clinically leading the team and holding a therapy caseload.

The postholder will be responsible for coordinating the line management of the members of the onsite clinical team. Working collaboratively with the site, you will deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our students who may present with complex profiles of need as a result of autism and other types of neurodivergence, developmental trauma and social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.

You will also be responsible for holding the therapy caseload with the full support of our well-established and knowledgeable clinical network and growing Clinical Team. You will also contribute to staff training and consultation. This is an exciting and innovative time for the Clinical Team so please get in touch to find out more.

Working within the overall framework of the service policies and procedures, you will be supporting the integration of the specific service in the day-to-day running of each provision, including standardised assessments and clinical services. A key aspect of the role will be to deliver the wellbeing and clinical rainbow strategy at a universal, enhanced and specialist level to support our wider teams in meeting our pupils’ needs in line with set Education, Health Plan (EHCP).

Our well-established Clinical Team maintains a nurturing environment where our learners can flourish, always putting them at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our students are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. With this in mind, we are looking for a Clinical Lead who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

Minimum Requirements:

• Recognised degree in either Speech & Language Therapy, or registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Valid and up-to-date professional Registration & membership of professional body e.g. HCPC, RCOT, RCSLT.
• Experience within the specialist client group; working with autistic individuals and those with complex needs.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working with Neurodivergent children.
• Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities.
• Experience of providing supervision and supporting a therapy team.
• Ability to work independently.
• Experience of multi-professional work with teams or services within the designated specialty preferred.
• Full UK valid driving licence and access to own vehicle.

For further information on this role please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact: [emailprotected]

Why work for us?

Alongside working with a network of clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offers an array of flexible benefit options.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions.
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks.
• *You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits.
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad.
• Cycle to Work Schemes.
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme.
• Critical illness cover.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.