UP-Unlocking Potential
Clinical Director
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About the role:
Hours:
- Full-time or part-time
- Full year (working 52 weeks) or Term time + (43 weeks) considered
Location: (Hybrid)
- Central London Head Office (team days, meetings, trainings etc.)
- Remote working
- Occasional travel across schools as required
Salary:
£60,000 - £65,000 per annum (Dependent on skills and experience, pro-rata to any part-time and/or term-time working patterns)
Overview:
This is an exciting time to be joining the charity! Our new strategy focuses on growth and long-term sustainability, with ambitious plans to extend our reach and impact nationally and to expand and diversify our services. Our long-term ambition for the future is a transformed landscape of multi-disciplinary therapeutic support in schools, with UP acknowledged and recognised as a thought-leader, innovator, preferred collaborator and convener.
We are entering a period of significant growth and change driven by our new strategy, and the Clinical Director will play a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of our clinical approach, delivering our strategic priorities, and representing UP as a credible and influential clinical leader.
You will provide strategic clinical leadership and robust clinical governance across the charity, ensuring our services remain safe, effective, evidence-based and responsive to need. You will champion high standards of multidisciplinary practice, leading and developing our clinical workforce, providing clinical oversight and support, driving improvement and innovation, and building infrastructure, capability and clinical excellence needed to support our future growth.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines strategic vision with operational delivery. While the role balances both strategic and operational responsibilities, we anticipate that, through building internal capability and capacity, the focus will evolve over time towards a greater emphasis on strategic leadership, innovation, growth and impact. There is real opportunity to make this role your own.
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We are looking for a strategic, confident and adaptable leader who will thrive in a growing organisation and enjoy working innovatively and collaboratively. You will be able to inspire confidence and credibility across a wide range of audiences, be passionate about the value of multidisciplinary working to achieve the very best outcomes for children and families, and be motivated by the opportunity to lead meaningful and lasting change.
To find out more about this role please see the Job Description and Person Specification
Making your application:
Please make your application by submitting your CV, along with a cover letter which clearly demonstrates how you meet the person specification criteria (we will be shortlisting candidates closely against the person specification). Interviews will be arranged on a rolling basis, as suitable applications are received. Please note that we may close the advert prior to the closing date, so please don't delay submitting your application! We will keep you updated on your application by email, and will let you know about anything you will need to prepare if you are shortlisted. W/C 27th July will be the first available slots for interviews, and the first round interviews will be online. For further information, or if you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process, please contact: hr@up.org.uk We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all those who work with us to share this commitment. It's a criminal offence for a person to apply to work with a group from which they have been barred from working.
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About Unlocking Potential:
Our Purpose
Unlocking Potential is the charity that supports schools and communities to ensure no child or family struggles alone with their social, emotional and mental health needs. We provide flexible, over-time, multi-disciplinary therapeutic support that meets children and families where they are, and enables them to feel safe, understood and the best version of themselves.
Our Vision
Everyone feels supported, equipped and able to achieve their potential.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide tailored therapeutic support to more children, while training the practitioners of the future to build holistic, resilient social systems that equip children and their families with the confidence, tools, and skills to thrive at school and within their communities.
Our Values
- Individual: Everything we do is about the individual and what is right for them - no two children, families or schools are the same.
- Innovative: We look for new solutions, evolving our thinking and approach - ensuring the use of bold, co-designed practice.
- Collaborative: We choose to work with others to find the best solutions - we are stronger together.
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