As a Therapeutic 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, creating a safe, effective and values‑led environment where colleagues and residents can grow. Your work will directly support rehabilitation, wellbeing and safer communities.
Responsibilities
* 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 KPIs at Community Level
Qualifications
* 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
About Serco
Serco is a global organization that delivers essential public services in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are a team of 50,000 people committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone. By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks).
Benefits
* 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.
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