Clinical Lead for Mental Health & Family Support

Furze Down School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3BL

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  4 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter, subject to notice period.

• Closing date

  9 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £54,143.00 - £60,082.00 Annually (FTE) Permanent, 52 weeks with annual leave outside of term time. Part Time or Full Time Considered (at least 3 days per week, negotiable)

Clinical Lead for Mental Health & Family Support job summary

This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced and compassionate clinician to lead and further develop our mental health and family-support provision.

As our designated Mental Health Lead, you will provide clinical leadership, consultation and professional supervision, while strengthening partnerships with families and external agencies. You will help staff understand and respond to pupils’ needs, support families in navigating services and contribute specialist clinical insight where children and young people have complex or high-level needs.

Although some direct clinical work may form part of the role, the main focus is consultation, family support, supervision, reflective practice, system leadership and multi-agency working.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified professionals from a range of clinical backgrounds. The role may be offered on a full-time or part-time basis, with a minimum commitment of three days per week.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Furze Down School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• Size: 223 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Furze Down School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/furze-down-school

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