Clinical Practitioner

Overview

Every child and young person deserves a good start in life – one filled with safety, love, and opportunities to thrive. At Southwark, we’re committed to making that a reality, especially for those who need us most. We’re now recruiting for a new role within our Clinical Service.

The Role

Clinical Practitioner – Youth Justice Service
Join our ambitious and supportive social work teams working to improve safety and reduce risks for families in Southwark. This role, based within our Youth Justice Service, places you at the heart of our safeguarding efforts, providing clinical input to help families navigate complex challenges. You’ll work systemically with children, parents, and carers, offering assessments, interventions, and consultation to youth justice practitioners and other professionals.

About Our Clinical Service

We’re looking for UK-registered therapists and mental health professionals – such as systemic therapists, clinical psychologists, or those with equivalent qualifications – who are passionate about making a difference.

What You’ll Do

As a Clinical Practitioner, you’ll:

• Work within a systemic framework
• Provide consultation, training, and joint work with social work and YOS colleagues
• Deliver clinical assessments and interventions to vulnerable children, parents, and carers
• Analyse complex clinical data to inform care and legal decisions

What We’re Looking For

We welcome applicants who:

• Hold a recognised therapeutic qualification and are registered with a relevant body (e.g. UKCP, BACP, BABCP, NMC or HCPC)
• Are experienced working systemically with children and families
• Are committed to trauma-informed, anti-discriminatory, and inclusive clinical practice
• Show confidence in working collaboratively with professionals from a range of backgrounds to support positive change.

Salary And Benefits

• Clinical Practitioners (Grade 11): £50,175 – £57,495 per annum
• Receive 10% Registered Mental Health Professional payment supplement which is subject to annual review and continuation
• More information about benefits can be found here https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/

This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) DBS check at Enhanced level.

Contact Information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr Aili Nidsjo at aili.nidsjo@southwark.gov.uk

Benefits And More Information

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.

Recruitment timetable

Advert close date: 11:59pm on 16 February 2025

Shortlisting date/s: w/c 20 February 2025

Interview date/s: w/c 2 March 2025

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you\’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Attachments

• Please click here to view the Job Description