Join Vanier’s Senior Leadership Team as Our Next Clinical Director!
Vanier Children’s Mental Wellness is a trusted leader in mental health care for children and youth across Southwestern Ontario. For over 60 years, we’ve been a vital support for young people facing emotional and behavioural challenges, providing compassionate, evidence-based care that helps them grow, heal, and thrive. As a registered charity and not-for-profit organization funded by the Ontario government, Vanier is driven by a bold mission: We deliver culturally responsive, accessible mental health services to children, youth, and families while providing system leadership and advocating to improve care in our community. In 2014, Vanier was appointed by the Ontario Government as the Lead Agency for Child and Youth Mental Health System Management in London-Middlesex. In this role, we lead community-wide planning to build a stronger, more responsive mental health system. We are also proud to be accredited by CARF Canada, a recognition of our commitment to the highest standards of quality and continuous improvement in mental health care. When you join Vanier, you become part of a passionate team that is changing lives and shaping a brighter future, one child at a time.
Position Summary:
Are you a passionate, experienced clinical professional ready to lead with purpose and vision? Vanier is looking for a bold and compassionate clinical leader to help shape the future of our services and support systems for children and families. As a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, you’ll report directly to the Executive Director and play a vital role in driving clinical excellence, fostering innovation, and maintaining the highest standards of care across our organization. This is more than a leadership role, it’s a chance to make a lasting impact. We’re seeking a visionary with outstanding people skills and a collaborative spirit, someone who can inspire, empower, and lead with heart. If you’re ready to align your passion with a mission-driven organization committed to transforming lives, we want to hear from you.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Master’s degree in Social Work or Psychology.
- Current Registration and in good standing with a Professional College in Ontario.
- Minimum 5 years clinical leadership experience at management level (in mental health or relevant field).
- Health care management or leadership certification would be an asset.
- Experience in financial management or business administration, would be an asset.
- Knowledge in strategic planning, quality improvement, performance, risk management and accreditation.
- Experience in human resource policies and practices, conducting performance reviews, and managing leaders in a unionized environment.
- London is designated under the French Language Services Act, requiring the “active offer” of bilingual mental health care. Vanier works with its partners to improve French service capacity. Several Indigenous Communities reside within Middlesex County, whose residents Vanier both serves, and with whom Vanier strives to create collaborative connections. The Director will understand these communities and appreciate the diverse population of London and surrounding area.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership to community based and intensive programs and services.
- Provide clinical and administrative oversight and guidance to a team of Managers/Supervisors. In this role you will expect and maintain a high level of performance from your management team.
- Possess effective change management skills and abilities in an ever-changing environment.
- Support the development and implementation of evidenced-informed clinical practices and monitor treatment outcomes.
- Facilitate Vanier’s 3 R’s of clinical services delivery framework (Resiliency, Regulation and Relationships) to utilize a common approach across all programs in our work with infants, children, and their families.
- Develop effective strategies to engage clients, families, and community partners.
- Represent clinical programs internally and externally, specifically, you will lead clinical program development and implementation that includes quality improvement and performance management to optimize people performance, quality, and clinical outcomes to improve care for infants, children, and their families.
- Develop and manage supportive professional relationships and provide leadership in a diverse environment that promotes cultural diversity, and inclusivity.
- Ensure a safe, healthy, supportive environment for children, families, and staff.
Job Type:
- Full-time, Permanent
- Valid driver's license and access to vehicle, required
Hours of work:
- 35-hour work week, Monday-Friday
Benefits:
- Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Extended health care
- Disability & Life insurance
- Vision care
- Employee assistance program
- 4 Weeks' Vacation to start, increases with tenure
- Statutory holidays
- 10 Administrative Days
- Free on-site parking
Vanier is committed to building a diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages women, 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous persons, persons with a disability and members of visible minority groups to apply.
Vanier is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection and appointment processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to this process, please advise the organization's representative of your need for accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Vanier is committed to taking every reasonable precaution to protect employees, our clients/families, and the healthcare systems in the communities in which we serve.
While we appreciate your interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose
