Counsellor

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Louth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early access to staff wellbeing

Staff training and supervision

Competitive annual leave

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts on retailers and restaurants

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust delivers Talking Therapies services from Boston, Spalding and Louth. Three Band 5/6 counsellors will join the team, handling clinical caseloads in a supportive, well‑established environment. The roles include supervision, training, and flexible working arrangements.

The post is based within NHS Talking Therapies with a focus on depression, with opportunities for professional development and a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Diploma in counselling (therapeutic) required.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Meets the criteria for accreditation with BCAP.
• Accreditation with BCAP expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide counselling as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Hold a clinical caseload and receive supervision.
• Continue to develop skills in Talking Therapies modalities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Written skills

Analytical skills

Judgemental skills

Organisational skills

Assessment skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Diploma in counselling (therapeutic)

Continued professional development

Accreditation with BCAP

Job description

Main area Lincolnshire Talking Therapies, Boston Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (x2 37.5 hours and x1 30 hours per week posts Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-12249-AC

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Boston - Harmony Suite, Boston Archway, PE21 8EG Town Louth - Windsor House, Fairfield Industrial Estate, Louth Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

Counsellor

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (LPFT) delivers an NHS Talking Therapies service. An opportunity has arisen for 3 qualified counsellors Band 5 or Band 6 to join the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies services based in Boston, Spalding & Louth although you may also be required to cover alternative bases to meet service need. The Service provides evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model, treating people with mild to moderate common mental health problems. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a major national service, which has fundamentally changed the way in which psychological treatments are provided.

In return we can offer you:

A well-established, friendly and supportive therapy team.

Personal and Professional Development opportunities.

Regular management and clinical supervision.

Early access to our staff wellbeing service and psychology therapies

Excellent working environment.

For further information regarding this post please contact Barbara Keogh, Team Manager for Spalding Talking Therapies, on 07976 279390 or email [e-mail]

CLOSING DATE: 18/10/2026

INTERVIEWS: 03/11/2026

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be able to work within a team environment and be thoroughly conversant with the use of clinical systems.

The Band 5 counsellors will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing counselling for depression. The post holders will be expected to hold a clinical caseload and will be provided with clinical supervision. The service will provide the relevant training to acquire a qualification in a Talking Therapies modality of PCE-CfD.

To acquire the Band 6 post the candidates will need to continue to hold a caseload, be accredited with a professional body, complete and pass a qualification in a Talking Therapy modality PCE-CfD. They will be responsible in providing clinical supervision to counselling colleagues.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma in counselling (therapeutic)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Meets the criteria for accreditation with BCAP
• Accreditation with BCAP

Experience

• Demonstrable evidence of supervised practice
• Knowledge of a broad range of psychological therapies including time limited interventions
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Ability to meet agreed/ specified service targets
• Knowledge of the application of counselling in mental health practice
• Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework.
• Counselling in a GP practice or Healthcare setting
• Delivery of time limited interventions

Skills

• Good written and communication skills
• A good level of analytical and judgemental skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to carry out assessment
• Awareness of Child Safe guarding requirements
• Awareness of adult safe guarding requirements
• Understanding of common mental health problems and of current approaches to treatment e.g NICE Guidelines
• Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.