ICS Clinical Lead

Role: Clinical Team Lead – Children and Young People’s Intensive Community Support
Grade: SMRA £60,702 - £73,698 per annum
Location: Newham
Organisation: North East London Foundation Trust / London Borough of Newham
Duration: 1 year Fixed Term
closing date: 24th February 2026

Are you an experienced and passionate clinician ready to lead a pioneering service for young people with complex needs? Do you thrive in innovative, multi-agency environments where your leadership can drive real change?

We’re launching a transformative Intensive Community Support Programme in Newham, and we’re looking for a dynamic Clinical Team Lead to shape and lead this new model of care.

About the Role

As Clinical Team Lead, you’ll head up a small, specialist team delivering flexible, therapeutic, community-based support to young people aged 13–18 who are at risk of family or placement breakdown. This is not a traditional crisis or inpatient role, this is a unique opportunity to lead a service that offers early, intensive support in the community, tailored to the needs of young people with complex presentations.

You’ll work closely with Newham’s Edge of Care Service and partners across health, social care, and education to deliver high-impact interventions and reduce the need for restrictive practices.

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide clinical leadership and operational oversight for the Intensive Community Support team
• Lead on complex assessments, formulations, and interventions
• Offer expert consultation, supervision, and training to professionals and care teams
• Drive service development, evaluation, and quality improvement
• Foster strong multi-agency partnerships and system-wide collaboration
• Champion inclusive, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-aware care pathways

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Professional registration (e.g. Clinical Psychologist, RMN, OT, Social Worker)
• Substantial experience in CAMHS or related services, including leadership roles
• Expertise in working with young people with complex needs, neurodiversity, and trauma
• Strong clinical supervision and service development skills
• Experience in safeguarding and risk management

Desirable:

• Experience in service evaluation, audit, and quality improvement
• Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support and trauma-informed care models

Why Join Us?

• Lead a new, innovative pilot programme with real impact
• Work in a supportive, multi-disciplinary team with strong clinical governance
• Access ongoing supervision, training, and professional development
• Help shape a service that operates without a waiting list
• Make a lasting difference in the lives of some of Newham’s most vulnerable young people

Additional Information

• The Clinical Team Lead will be based within Children’s Social Care, with close links to CAMHS
• The role includes responsibility for clinical supervision of team members
• Travel within the borough may be required
• We welcome applications from professionals with diverse clinical backgrounds

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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