We recruit executive, board, functional and interim leaders for mental health charities, service providers and socially focused organisations across the UK.
Effective mental health leadership depends on trust. Leaders are expected to balance growing demand, workforce pressures and financial sustainability while creating organisations that enable recovery, independence and long-term wellbeing. They also work closely with the NHS, local authorities, housing providers, education and community organisations, making partnership working and influence just as important as operational leadership.
Our briefing conversations explore how services are commissioned and delivered, the role safeguarding and lived experience play within the organisation, the partnerships the successful candidate will need to build and the leadership challenges they will inherit. That context helps shape the brief and identify leaders whose experience reflects not only the services they've led, but the relationships they've built and the trust they've earned.
Our experience spans executive leadership, service delivery, finance, fundraising, communications, governance and people leadership across mental health charities and providers. Combined with targeted research and long-standing relationships across the sector, this helps us identify leaders with the judgement, credibility and leadership style to succeed.
We recruit chief executives, executive directors and senior leaders across mental health services and charities, considering the experience needed to lead people, services, partnerships and organisations working with different communities and levels of need.
We recruit senior specialists across service delivery, operations, fundraising and income generation, finance, people and culture, marketing and communications and external affairs, with each search grounded in the organisation’s services, funding and operating context.
We recruit experienced interim leaders during executive transitions, periods of organisational change and times when additional leadership or specialist expertise is needed.
We recruit chairs, trustees and non-executive directors for mental health organisations, bringing together relevant professional expertise, governance experience and perspectives informed by the communities and services at the heart of the organisation.
| Organisation | Role |
|---|---|
| Mental Health Matters | Chief Executive; Director of Finance; Director of People & Organisational Development; Director of Operations; Director of Business Development |
| Solent Mind | Chief Executive |
| Mosaic Clubhouse | Chief Executive |
| James' Place | Director of Finance & Resources |
| Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) | Marketing Director |
| Combat Stress | Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships |
| Hestia | Director of Fundraising & Communications |
| Rethink Mental Illness | Head of Corporate Partnerships |
| Samaritans | Head of Strategic Partnerships |
| Together for Mental Wellbeing | Director of Fundraising & Communications |
| Organisation | Role |
|---|---|
| Mental Health Matters | Trustees; Chair of Audit & Risk Committee |
| Mosaic Clubhouse | Chair; Trustees |
| Samaritans | Trustees |
| SANE | Chair |
| Together for Mental Wellbeing | Chair |
| National Survivor User Network | Chair |
| Maudsley Charity | Trustees |
| New Horizon Youth Centre | Trustees |
| The Mulberry Centre | Chair; Trustees |
Director | Membership & Development
Principal Consultant | Fundraising
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If you’re planning an executive transition, developing your leadership team or adding expertise to your board, we can help define what the appointment needs and reach people with relevant experience across mental health, health, care and the wider social impact sector.