Deputy Head of Therapeutic Services

Hours: 40 hours a week (full-time) + consultancy on-call responsibilities

Location: Fontwell West Sussex

Closing Date: 01/06/2026

Overview

Are you an experienced therapeutic practitioner ready to step into a senior clinical leadership role within a truly integrated therapeutic community? At The Amicus Community, we work with children who have experienced significant trauma and relational disruption. Our model integrates residential care, education, and therapy, underpinned by psychoanalytic and group relations thinking.

The Role

This is a senior, influential position where you will:

• Lead on assessment, formulation, and therapeutic planning
• Provide clinical supervision and consultation across care and education
• Support multi-agency planning and professional networks
• Contribute to safeguarding leadership as Deputy DSL
• Drive outcomes, research, and evidencing impact
• Help shape the future direction of therapeutic services at Amicus

You will work closely with the Head of Therapeutic Services and senior leadership team as part of our Therapies and Network Department to ensure our model remains coherent, reflective, and effective.

What We're Looking For

• Has significant experience working with traumatised children
• Brings a strong understanding of psychodynamic/psychoanalytic and group relations thinking
• Has experience of supervision, consultation, or leadership
• Can think systemically and work across multi-disciplinary teams
• Is able to hold complexity, anxiety, and organisational dynamics
• Is committed to reflective, relationship-based practice

Why Join Amicus?

• Be part of a genuine therapeutic community (not just therapy added on)
• Work in an organisation that values depth, reflection, and thinking
• Influence practice across homes, school, and therapies and network teams
• Access extensive CPD, training, and reflective spaces
• Internal Line Management and Clinical Supervision
• Your own funded weekly external psychotherapy to help you in your role and understand yourself as you will be supporting and helping others
• Opportunity to contribute to research, training, and sector development
• Play a key role in supporting meaningful, long-term change for children
• Company benefits as well as our strong wellbeing and support offer, include: good pension contribution, Life insurance, health cash plan, company sick pay, free parking and meals included during working hours

Safeguarding

The Amicus Community is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This role is subject to enhanced DBS checks and safer recruitment processes.