Clinical & Safeguarding Lead
Isle of Wight Youth Trust is an independent local charity, working in our local community for 40 years, delivering confidential, professional counselling, therapeutic and wellbeing services for children and young people.
If you want to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people, we want to hear from you. We are looking for an experienced Clinical & Safeguarding Lead.
Purpose
* Leading on service delivery and clinical decision making, by directing the waiting list, screening referrals and managing triage, to ensure they are right for the Youth Trust, and escalating to other services as appropriate.
* Within the planning for a new Single Point of Access, prioritise early help to avoid escalation and ensure that children and young people with more complex/priority needs are highlighted.
* Allocate referrals within Youth Trust to ensure children and young people get the right support for them.
* Act as the bridge between voluntary and statutory sector partner organisations, exploring how to maximise opportunities to ensure children and young people get access to the right help, first time.
* Overall clinical decision making,ensuringadherencetobestpracticesandstandards.
* Provide line management support to a team of counsellors/practitioners.
* Provide supervision to members of the 16-25 Youth Hub team.
* Hold a small caseload
Experience
Holding a core clinical qualification, and with a minimum of 4 years post qualifying experience working in a service supporting the mental health needs of children and young people, you will be experienced at managing clinical risk, making service-level clinical decisions, multi-agency working, and managing a team of practitioners.
How to apply
If you want to join our dedicated team, please visit our recruitment portal to view the full job description and person specification and apply, submitting both your CV and a full covering letter. It is essential that you outline how you meet the requirements of the post against the person specification in your covering letter. Each candidate must submit TWO documents – 1 x CV and 1 x Covering Letter. Applications not made via the Youth Trust recruitment portal, or incorrectly submitted will not be considered. If you have any issues with uploading your documents please contact recruitment@iowyouthtrust.co.uk
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
25-37.5 - to be negotiated
Salary
£42,016-44,810 FTE (pro-rated accordingly)
Applications close
Tuesday 2nd December at 12pm.
Interview date
Wednesday 10th December
For more information about the role or to have a confidential discussion, please reach out to: Kathy Whitewood or Emilie Thomas – 01983 529569
For application-related queries, please contact: recruitment@iowyouthtrust.co.uk
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