Role: CSE/Complex Care - Clinical Team Lead
Salary/Benefits: Up to £50,000 depending on experience
Hours: 40 hours (Monday to Friday)
Location: Yorkshire region (East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire & West Humberside)
Main duties of the job
Direct experience of working with children who live in residential care is ideal; other general practice of systemic work with adolescents will be considered. This role provides oversight and clinical governance to the CSE/CC services in the Yorkshire and West Humberside region. The region currently has four Mental Health Practitioners in post to undertake day‑to‑day clinical tasks. You will have opportunities to work remotely to provide support, clinical supervision, and guidance depending on service needs.
About us
The Yorkshire and West Humberside region (the primary base for this role) has one full‑time and three part‑time Mental Health Practitioners who will work alongside you to form the core clinical team. As the clinical lead, you will be responsible for implementing the service delivery by coordinating assessments and interventions, providing guidance and feedback on assessments and clinical recommendations, supporting with multi‑agency risk assessments in relation to CSE, and offering consultation, advice, and guidance to operational and educational colleagues. You will have a small caseload of direct work with young people and will offer training packages and bespoke workshops for teams as required. The person in this role works closely with the regional manager and regional lead for education to ensure collaborative and aligned working.
Job responsibilities
This post requires the following responsibilities:
* Extensive knowledge of CSE/CC and clinical practice within multi‑agency safeguarding.
* Leadership experience and ability to manage a core clinical team.
* Ability to lead by example, maintain a warm, nurturing and compassionate stance, and provide a calm, reflective, systemic position.
* Demonstrated initiative and experience in leading on various projects.
Candidate Profile
To be successful you will need:
* Knowledge of CSE/Complex Care and its impact on young people, families, and systems.
* Experience working with children and young people presenting with a range of clinical needs.
* Experience supervising clinical and non‑clinical colleagues.
* Knowledge of theory and practice of therapeutic interventions with children and young people.
* Skills in assessment, formulation and interventions.
* Experience in partnership working and supporting agreed placement objectives, care planning, progression, and routine outcome measures.
* Teaching and training experience.
* Risk assessment and risk planning experience.
* Registered with the relevant professional body (HCPC, NMC, SWE, BABCP).
* Relevant qualifications to offer assessments and interventions.
* Strong team‑player with excellent communication, organisational and time‑management skills.
* Caring, compassionate and able to engage with young people.
* Applications welcomed from Practitioner Psychologists, experienced registered Mental Health Nurses, Therapists, Therapeutic Social Workers, and Psychotherapists.
Benefits
* Clinical supervision.
* Training and CPD.
* Peer support.
All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Cambian is an equal opportunities employer. Cambian is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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