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Job summary
Freedom from Torture is a leading UK human rights organisation dedicated to supporting survivors of torture and promoting their rights. The organisation provides specialist therapeutic services, medico-legal documentation, legal and welfare support, and advocacy to help survivors recover from the physical and psychological effects of torture and rebuild their lives. Through evidence-based campaigning and human rights work, it seeks to expose torture globally and hold perpetrators accountable.
A key strength of the organisation is its survivor-centred approach, ensuring that survivors' experiences and voices shape its services, research, and advocacy. Freedom from Torture combines clinical expertise with a strong commitment to dignity, justice, empowerment, and social inclusion. Its medico-legal reporting service plays a vital role in documenting evidence of torture to support asylum and human rights claims.
The Lead Doctor role is integral to maintaining the quality and effectiveness of this service. Responsibilities include overseeing medico-legal reporting, providing quality assurance, supporting and training doctors, and promoting professional development. Through strong clinical leadership, safeguarding awareness, and a trauma-informed approach, the Lead Doctor helps ensure survivors receive high-quality assessments and documentation while contributing to the organisation's mission of protecting survivors and advancing human rights.
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Freedom from Torture is a UK-based human rights organisation dedicated to supporting survivors of torture and working to end torture worldwide. The organisation provides specialist therapeutic services to help survivors recover from the physical and psychological effects of torture, alongside medical documentation, legal support, and welfare assistance. Its medico-legal reports play an important role in asylum and human rights cases by documenting evidence of torture in accordance with international standards.
In addition to direct clinical and practical support, Freedom from Torture campaigns for policy change, promotes the rights of survivors, and works to hold governments and perpetrators accountable for the use of torture. The organisation places survivors at the heart of its work, ensuring their experiences and voices inform services, advocacy, and research. Through its combination of healthcare, human rights expertise, and public campaigning, Freedom from Torture contributes significantly to the global movement to prevent torture and support those affected by it.
The organisation is committed to safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and strives to provide a safe, respectful, and empowering environment for survivors, staff, and volunteers.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name Freedom From Torture
Address 111 Isledon Rd
London
N7 7JW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/ (Opens in a new tab)