Clinical Manager (Female Applicants Only)

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 support for survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG). You will provide clinical and operational leadership across counselling services, supporting therapists and practitioners to manage clinical risk and safeguarding concerns effectively, within a Black feminist, intersectional and Holistic Empowerment Recovery (HER) framework. This role is offered on a part-time basis (28 hours per week worked over 4 days).

As the Clinical Manager, you will:

• Provide operational and clinical leadership across counselling services, overseeing therapeutic pathways, referrals, assessments, allocations, safeguarding and risk management, ensuring high-quality, trauma-informed and culturally responsive support.
• Support therapists, High Intensity Therapists (HITs) and honorary counsellors through clinical guidance, recruitment, induction, reflective practice, wellbeing initiatives and ongoing professional development, embedding anti-oppressive, intersectional and survivor-centred practice.
• Lead on safeguarding and multi-agency working, supporting practitioners to respond effectively to risk, maintain safe practice and ensure consistent documentation and ethical information sharing.
• Oversee clinical governance and quality assurance, ensuring adherence to professional standards, robust data protection and confidentiality practices, and the development of clinical protocols and guidance.
• Support monitoring, evaluation and impact reporting, ensuring effective data collection and survivor involvement to inform ongoing service improvement and co-production.

We'll assess you against these competencies during the selection process:

• Case Management
• Safeguarding Leadership
• Managing Senior Counsellors and High-Risk Work

Thank you for your interest in this role. The competency questions are designed to help us understand your experience, leadership approach and decision-making in relation to therapeutic case management, safeguarding and managing high-risk work. When responding, please:

• Provide clear examples from your professional experience rather than general statements.
• Describe your specific role and responsibilities within the situation.
• Outline the actions you took and the rationale behind them.
• Reflect on the outcome and any learning that informed your future practice.

We are particularly interested in your ability to demonstrate trauma-informed leadership, sound safeguarding judgement, reflective practice and the capacity to balance accountability with compassionate support for both survivors and staff. Please be concise but detailed enough for us to understand the depth of your experience and approach.

This vacancy closes at 9:00am on Monday, 7 September 2026. A two-stage interview process will follow. Please note that this role may close before the advertised closing date if a high volume of applications is received or if a suitable candidate is appointed.

At WGN, we are committed to supporting our employees' well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Financial Benefits
• Health & Wellbeing Benefits
• Leave & Work-Life Balance
• Learning & Development

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.

We do this by providing 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.

We are deeply committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity, resilience and strength of the women and girls we serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black and Global Majority women and applicants with Lived Experience, including those who may not meet every criterion.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, and is open to female applicants only, due to the nature of the role.