Lead Clinician

Outcomes First Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Your Wellbeing Matters

Family Growth Support

Health, wellbeing and insurance

Discount options

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical illness cover

Job summary

Outcomes First Group is seeking a Lead Clinician to manage the in-house Clinical Team at Brick Lane School. The role combines leading the team with maintaining a therapy caseload to deliver bespoke assessments and interventions for students with autism, developmental trauma, and SEMH needs.

The postholder will collaborate with the SLT and Regional Clinical Lead to drive service development and oversee line management of onsite clinicians, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care across school

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Speech & Language Therapy
• HCPC registration
• RCSLT registration
• BPS membership
• Experience with autistic individuals and/or complex needs
• Clear report writing relating to clinical and research activities
• Experience in supervision and supporting a therapy team
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work dynamically within a growing clinical service
• Experience of multi-professional work within the designated setting

Responsibilities

• Lead the in-house Clinical Team and share responsibility for a therapy caseload.
• Coordinate line management and contribute to service development of the school-based clinical service.
• Collaborate with the school's SLT and Regional Clinical Lead for strategic direction.
• Deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for students with complex needs.
• Ensure safeguarding and person-centred approaches are embedded in clinical practice.

Skills

Specialist clinical experience

Autism/complex needs experience

Report writing

Supervision experience

Independent working

Team collaboration

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

BSc or MSc in Speech & Language Therapy

HCPC registration

RCSLT registration

BPS membership

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Clinician to manage our in-house Clinical Team at Brick Lane School. The postholder will work collaboratively with both the school's Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Regional Clinical Lead. The role will be split between clinically leading the team and holding a therapy caseload. Working collaboratively with the team, the postholder 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. Meeting the needs of EHCP plans will be a primary focus in this role, target led, via the OFG 'all', 'group' and 'individual' clinical ways of working, embedded into our clinical practice. They will also be responsible for coordinating the line management of the members of the onsite clinical team and leading on the service development of the clinical school-based service, alongside the school SLT and Regional Clinical Lead.

Our Clinical Teams help maintain a person-centred, empowering approach always putting the students we support at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and the students we support are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them. We strive for excellence, which is why we are one of the leading service providers in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for a Lead Clinician who shares our vision to use innovative approaches to enhance the quality of life and outcomes of the students we support.

• BSc or MSc in Speech & Language Therapy
• A Registered Practitioner with the HCPC and RCSLT
• Valid and up to date professional Registration & membership of professional body e.g. BPS
• Experience within the specialist client group; working with autistic individuals and/or those with complex needs.
• Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities
• Experience of providing supervision and supporting a therapy team
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work dynamically and within a growing and developing clinical service
• Experience of multi-professional work with teams or services within the designated

In a world where the demand for clinical support is increasing daily, we understand the importance and value of the work you carry out. Your unique skills and expertise are critical to building better outcomes for our students. This is why we aim to have a multidisciplinary clinical team for each of our sites to provide this vital provision in collaboration with our education teams. Creating an environment where our students can truly flourish and grow in independence is key.

About Outcomes First Group

Every student is unique. Education should be personalised around them.

For more than 20 years, OFG Education has developed a deep understanding of how education designed around the individual can improve outcomes. We know that when students are understood - their strengths, interests, ambitions, starting points and needs - we can create personalised pathways that help them achieve and thrive. Across our specialist schools, independent schools, online provision and support services, every student benefits from education shaped around who they are and what they can become. We combine educational and clinical expertise with research, evidence-informed practice, innovation and technology, underpinned by consistently high standards.

From deep specialist support to exceptional academic challenge, we are ambitious for every student, helping them achieve academically, discover their strengths and develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and attitudes they need for learning, work and life., Alongside working with a network of over 350 clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options

Are you looking for an employer who can offer you opportunities for growth and development in your clinical career- All whilst working within a friendly multidisciplinary team in a rewarding education setting?

Do you want to have opportunities to participate in research projects, special interest groups and form part of a wider clinical network that meets regularly for training & development?

Do you want to have flexibility and be able to work creatively to deliver specialist assessments and interventions fostering independence within an education setting?

How about working for an employer who has been awarded a 'Great Place to Work' for the 6th year running?

At OFG we give you time to enjoy those special moments and hobbies outside of work, Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward and flexible benefits 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
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
• 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

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