Clinical Practice Manager

Women and Girls Network; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A London-based organization supporting women and girls is seeking a part-time leader for their Clinical Services. This role involves overseeing a multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of high-quality, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive therapeutic services. Candidates should possess strong operational leadership experience and a commitment to anti-oppressive practices. The ideal individual will be dedicated to supporting survivors of gender-based violence and promoting mental health and well-being, while fostering an inclusive workplace environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in operational and clinical leadership within therapeutic settings.
• Proven track record in service development and implementation.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed care and culturally responsive practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management and development of Clinical Services.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure culturally responsive and high-quality survivor-centred services.

Job description

This role leads the day-to-day operational management and development of WGN's Clinical Services, ensuring the delivery of innovative, safe, high-quality, survivor-centred, trauma-informed and culturally responsive services for survivors of VAWG. You will provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team of therapists and facilitators, overseeing therapeutic pathways, referrals, body therapies, group work, staff wellbeing and reflective practice, within a Black feminist and intersectional framework. This role is offered on a part‑time basis (28 hours per week worked over 4 days).

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and clinical leadership across the therapeutic team, overseeing all clinical pathways, referrals, assessments, case allocation, service integration, governance and safeguarding, ensuring high-quality, trauma‑informed and culturally responsive services.
• Support counsellors and body therapists through line management, reflective practice, wellbeing initiatives, recruitment, induction, performance management and ongoing professional development, embedding anti‑oppressive, intersectional and survivor‑centred practice.
• Lead service development through data‑informed practice, co‑design and evaluation of new therapeutic initiatives, community wellbeing programmes, CPD delivery and inclusive recruitment, promoting innovation, accessibility and cultural responsiveness.
• Oversee monitoring, evaluation and clinical governance, ensuring contractual delivery, robust data collection, impact reporting, service user involvement, ethical practice and adherence to professional and sector standards.
• Provide women‑only holistic and seamless therapeutic services, which meet women and girls' needs and contribute to total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
• Evidencing the impact of gendered‑based violence and presenting this information in appropriate forums to affect social change in attitudes towards, and responses to, gendered‑based violence.
• Developing good practice in the sector by providing training and guidance on specialist service provision and the development of culturally appropriate service delivery.

Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a pan‑London organisation that supports women and girls affected by all forms of gendered‑based violence. Our overall aim is to promote, preserve and restore the mental health and well‑being of women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered‑based violence, whilst working towards a society free of gendered‑based violence. WGN is a proud accredited Living Wage Employer and a member of The London VAWG Consortium, Halo Code, and Helplines Partnership. We are deeply committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity and strength of the women and girls we serve, and we strongly encourage candidates from Black and Global Majority backgrounds with Lived Experience who may not meet all criteria to apply.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.