The role
Every child and young person deserves a good start in life. But for some children, these formative years aren’t going as well as we’d hope – and that’s where Children’s Social Care comes in. We’re there to try and get things back on track for children, young people and their parents and we have opportunities for suitably qualified mental health staff to be a key part of this crucial work.
We’re looking to appoint a senior clinicians to lead on the provision of clinical services to our Safeguarding teams. The post is suitable for registered systemic therapists, clinical psychologists or similar with experience within Children’s Social Care and of supervising others.
As with all our clinical staff, you will be working within a systemic social work framework providing clinical expertise to assist in creating change for children, young people, and their families. You’ll provide clinical assessments and interventions to the most complex children and their families and provide consultation and training to social work care colleagues and other professionals. Analysing complex clinical data, you will monitor the effectiveness of the interventions being offered to each child, and the reports you produce will be used to assist with making the right decisions for children in care proceedings or in the criminal justice system. As a senior, you will also be taking responsibility for the clinical input to your particular service area, supervising and line managing the junoir clinical staff, and working with the social work Head of Service to develop the contribution of the clinical staff to that area.
This role have the scope to transform the lives of every child, adolescent, parent and carer you come into contact with. You will therefore need to have a solid grasp of a range of interventions and a proven record of working systemically to create change for children and families. We are currently particularly keen to meet applicants with skills in working with adults as well as with children, and who have skills in psychometric assessments.
We can offer you quality clinical supervision, resources, training and support to do the job well. Our approach engenders a shared sense of accountability, reflective space and support.
A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level is required.
For further information and to arrange an informal discussion, please contact
Dr. Jenny Taylor, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Practice – jenny.taylor@southwark.gov.uk / 0207 525 2673
Recruitment timetable
Closing date 27th February 2019
Interview Date 5th March 2018
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