Residential Home Lead

Clinical Lead – Crisis Services & Therapeutic Care

Salary : £65,000–£85,000 per annum (depending on experience )

Location:

Flexible / Multi-site - But you will be required to visit head office in East London (minimum 4 times per month), and be required to visit sites across the country to meet our young poeple and staff face to face. There will also be lots of remote working opportunity.

Organisation:
Young Crisis Hub

We are seeking an experienced and passio nate Clinical Lead to join our growing organisation and help shape outstanding outcomes for some of the most vulnerable young people in th e UK.This is a unique opportunity to provide clinical leadership across our specialist crisis service and wider group, including supporting two Ofsted-registered children's homes. Many of the young people we support present with highly complex needs and may be subjec t to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards ( DoLS) or other restrictive interventions.

As such, we are looking for a clinician who combines strong therapeutic expertise with creativity, compassion, and a commitment to trauma-informed practice. You will play a key role in ensuring that our services provide safe, effective, and evidence-based support while helping teams develop innovative approaches that improve outcomes, stability, and quality of life for young p eople.

• Provide clinical leadership across our crisis and residential services.
• Deliver regular clinical supervision and consultation to multidisciplinary teams.
• Support the development and implementation of therapeutic care models.
• Work collaboratively with managers, local authorities, families, education providers, and external profess ionals.
• Lead on complex case formulation and intervention planning.
• Support services caring for young people subject to DoLS and other restrictive practices.
• Promote trauma-informed, attachment-aware, and psychologically informed approaches throughout the organization.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and outcome measurement.
• Assist in the recruitment, development, and retention of high-performing therapeutic staff.
• Provide guidance on safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance matters.

We are looking for a clinician with a strong therapeutic background and significant experience working with children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural, and mental health needs.

• Professional qualification and registration in a therapeutic discipline, such as:
  Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy, Family Therapy;
  Registration with the appropriate professional body (HCPC, UKCP, BABCP, or equivalent).
• Experience working with vulnerable children and adolescents in residential, crisis, mental health, or specialist care settings.
• Experience providing clinical supervision and consultation.
• Strong understanding of trauma, attachment, neurodevelopmental differences, and risk management.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, children's services, and relevant legislation, including DoLS.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills.

• Experience supporting Ofsted-regulated children's homes.
• Experience leading therapeutic teams.
• Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and restrictive practice reduction.
• Experience in service development and organisational change.

• Competitive salary of £65,000–£85,000 per annum.
• Opportunity to influence and shape innovative services.
• Meaningful work supporting young people with the highest levels of need.
• Professional development and continued training opportunities.
• A collaborative and values-driven leadership team.
• The opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable young people.

We believe that every young person deserves the opportunity to thrive, regardless of the challenges they have faced. We are looking for a Clinical Lead who shares our commitment to delivering compassionate, creative, and therapeutically informed care that helps young people achieve better outcomes and brighter futures.