About the Role

The Clinical Lead is a ‘supervisor of supervisors’ who works directly with in-need students and supervises clinical supervisors handling clinical cases. The clinical lead oversees referrals of students to their best-suited providers and collaborates with school staff, parents/guardians, and community members to ensure —to the best of their ability— that in-need students benefit fully and find/meet no harm.

Roles and responsibilities

Clinical Service Delivery and Oversight

• Handle risk-associated student cases to ensure they receive the care they need.
• Lead the case management of child welfare/protection student cases.
• Overseeing referrals of students to their best-suited service providers.

Clinical Supervision

• Facilitate weekly group clinical supervision sessions for clinical supervisors.
• Facilitate individual supervision sessions for clinical supervisors as needed.
• Regularly conduct clinical supervisor wellness checks and implement restorative solutions as needed.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitor the progress of clinical service delivery and perform required assessments and evaluations.
• Regularly review clinical records to ensure case handling and treatment approaches adhere to relevant clinical protocols.
• Ensuring caregiver practices meet ethical and organizational standards.

Collaboration and Advocacy

• Develop relationships with community service providers to ensure in-need students receive needed support.
• Collaborate with school staff, parents/guardians, and community members to support in-need students.
• Oversee and approve all external clinical case reporting and briefings, e.g., school administration.

Liaison

• Develop and provide necessary reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
• Develop and provide supervision reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
• Develop and provide clinical training needs reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.

Qualifications and Experience:

• At least an undergraduate degree in psychology, counselling psychology or a similar psychology field; a master’s qualification is preferable but not required.
• Registered with the Counselling and Psychologists Board of Kenya (or show proof of registration being in progress)
• Minimum of four years of relevant continuous working experience in a mental healthcare setting.
• Experience supervising mental health providers (e.g. counsellors) in a mental healthcare setting.
• Experience working with adolescents in a counselling/psychotherapy setting.
• Experience in a leadership/team management role in a healthcare setting.
• Excellent written communication skills, both writing and speaking.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to collaborate with others; a positive team player with a strong work ethic and passion for helping others.

• Handle risk-associated student cases to ensure they receive the care they need.
• Lead the case management of child welfare/protection student cases.
• Overseeing referrals of students to their best-suited service providers.
• Facilitate weekly group clinical supervision sessions for clinical supervisors.
• Facilitate individual supervision sessions for clinical supervisors as needed.
• Regularly conduct clinical supervisor wellness checks and implement restorative solutions as needed.
• Monitor the progress of clinical service delivery and perform required assessments and evaluations.
• Regularly review clinical records to ensure case handling and treatment approaches adhere to relevant clinical protocols.
• Ensuring caregiver practices meet ethical and organizational standards.
• Develop relationships with community service providers to ensure in-need students receive needed support.
• Collaborate with school staff, parents/guardians, and community members to support in-need students.
• Oversee and approve all external clinical case reporting and briefings, e.g., school administration.
• Develop and provide necessary reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
• Develop and provide supervision reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
• Develop and provide clinical training needs reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.

• Excellent written communication skills, both writing and speaking.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to collaborate with others; a positive team player with a strong work ethic and passion for helping others.

• At least an undergraduate degree in psychology, counselling psychology or a similar psychology field; a master’s qualification is preferable but not required.
• Registered with the Counselling and Psychologists Board of Kenya (or show proof of registration being in progress)
• Minimum of four years of relevant continuous working experience in a mental healthcare setting.
• Experience supervising mental health providers (e.g. counsellors) in a mental healthcare setting.
• Experience working with adolescents in a counselling/psychotherapy setting.
• Experience in a leadership/team management role in a healthcare setting.