Head Of Services

Location: Bristol, UK
Salary: £40,000 per year (£50,000 FTE)
Hours: 30 per week (0.8 FTE)
Contract: Part time, Permanent

The Head of Services provides strategic and operational leadership for the Charitys specialist therapeutic services, ensuring children, young people and families affected by child sexual abuse (CSA) receive safe, effective and compassionate support. The postholder will lead the continued development and delivery of high-quality, trauma-responsive services that enable those we support to heal and grow.

This pivotal role requires passionate and determined leadership, with significant therapeutic and safeguarding expertise, excellent people-management skills, strong strategic judgement and rigorous attention to quality and detail.

We will contact you by Friday 16th October if you have been shortlisted for interview.

Interviews are expected to take place in person in Bristol during the weeks beginning 19th and/or 26th October 2026.

About The Green House The Green House provides specialist therapeutic support to children, young people and families affected by sexual abuse.

We believe the environment is part of the therapy itself. Our spaces, relationships and organisational culture are intentionally designed to promote safety, belonging and hope - creating the conditions in which healing and growth can happen.

Creativity and connection are central to our work
. Alongside evidence-informed therapeutic practice and professional expertise, we use art, play and nature-based therapy to offer meaningful ways for people to express themselves, find their voice and connect with others.

We look beyond the individual, to understand the relationships and wider systems that influence wellbeing, including family, school, community and professional networks.

We work collaboratively. We recognise children, young people and families as experts in their own lives and support them to have choice and a voice.

By combining safe environments, relationships, creativity, choice and evidence-led practice, we support children, young people and families to increase safety and connection, strengthen the systems around them and move towards positive and lasting change.

Reporting to the CEO, the role sits on the Charitys Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and is responsible for:

• Supporting the design, development and implementation of the Charity-wide strategy and associated business plans.
• Maintaining an informed understanding of the local and national child sexual abuse (CSA) landscape, positioning the Charity as a leader in the field.
• Working collaboratively with the SLT, ensuring decisions support the interests of the whole Charity.
• Leading by example, fostering a culture of safety, therapeutic excellence, inclusion and operational efficiency.
• Providing clear, evidence-based advice to the CEO, Board and relevant committees.
• Deputising for the CEO as required.

• Ensuring services are developed and delivered in line with the Charitys strategy, therapeutic model and business plans.
• Ensuring services are designed, developed and reviewed in meaningful partnership with the children, young people and families who use them.
• Working collaboratively across the Charity to ensure services are robust, integrated and sustainable.
• Ensuring services meet all contractual, funding and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring referral, assessment, waiting list and allocation processes are equitable, transparent and efficient, making effective use of available capacity and enabling children, young people and families to access timely support according to need and risk.
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