Clinical Practitioner

The role

Clinical Practitioner – Systemic Psychotherapist / Practitioner Psychologist / Equivalent Profession

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 for Clinical Practitioners to focus on working with SW teams and direct work with children. The posts are suitable for UK registered therapists and mental health professionals such as systemic therapists, practitioner psychologists or those with equivalent qualifications.

You will be working within a systemic framework providing clinical expertise to assist social work staff to manage risk and improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families. You’ll provide clinical assessments and interventions to the most vulnerable children and their families and provide consultation and clinical expertise to social work and YOS 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. .

These roles 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 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. Southwark as a borough is committed to actively anti-racist practice with children and families and creating an anti-racist working environment and we are particularly keen to attract applicants who will improve the extent to which our workforce represents the population we serve.

For further information and to arrange an informal discussion, please contact

Regina Swii, Systemic Psychotherapist and Clinical Services Manager for Safeguarding– [contact hidden] / [contact hidden]

Additional salary details

Please note this role requires an enhanced level DBS check.

This role will receive an additional 10% payment on top of the basic salary as a Registered Mental Health Professional

Recruitment timetable

Recruitment Timetable

Closing date - 18th July 2021

Interview - week commencing 26th July 2021

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Job Detail

- Reference number SC04286

- Date posted 18/06/2021

- Closing date 18/07/2021

- Location London

- Schedule Full-time

- Salary Range (Full time equivalent) £42336 - £49,428

- Contract Type Permanent