Senior Counsellor (CfD - Counselling for Depression)

NHS; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Senior Counsellor to lead a new Talking Therapies service in Hertfordshire. The role involves providing clinical leadership, developing new interventions, and collaborating with NHS partners to enhance mental health services. This position offers an opportunity to shape the future of counselling in the community, ideal for an accredited professional passionate about mental health transformation.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive multidisciplinary environment

Qualifications

• Experienced in clinical leadership and supervision.
• Accredited in Counselling for Depression.
• In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to therapy professionals.
• Ensure quality clinical supervision.
• Support service development and innovation.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Working with Complex Presentations

Passion for Service Development

Mental Health Awareness

Education

Training in Counselling for Depression

NHS Talking Therapies Accreditation

Job description

Senior Counsellor (CfD - Counselling for Depression)

Are you an experienced and accredited counselling professional looking to take the next step in leadership? Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be launching a newNHS-commissioned Talking Therapiesservice in Hertfordshire and we are looking for a dynamicLead Counsellorto play a pivotal role in its success.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting new chapter in accessible, high-quality mental health care. Youll help build, shape, and deliver a compassionate, forward-thinking counselling service working closely with colleagues, GPs, NHS partners, and the wider community.

Main duties of the job

What Youll Be Doing

Provide Clinical Leadershipto counsellors, trainees, and other therapy professionals

Ensure Safe & Effective Supervision, overseeing the structure and quality of clinical supervision

Deliver Specialist Therapyfor complex presentations within the service

Support Service Developmentby creating new interventions, guiding best practice, and driving innovation within the counselling modalities

Collaborate with NHS Partners(including Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust and GPs)

Lead Recruitment & Workforce Development, helping build and train our team

Promote Mental Health Awarenessthrough community events, training, and public engagement

About us

Nouvita Healthcare is an established provider of specialist health and social care services across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health support and therapeutic services in hospital, residential and now in outpatient settings. Our focus is on empowering recovery and improving outcomes through effective, compassionate care. At Nouvita, we value continuous improvement and foster an environment where all staff have a voice and can develop their careers.

We are committed to:

Delivering high-quality mental health services

Maintaining excellent clinical governance and patient outcomes

Promoting equality, inclusion, and diversity in everything we do

Job responsibilities

Why Join Nouvita Healthcare?

Be part of abrand-new, values-led Talking Therapies service

Play akey leadership rolefrom day one

Work in asupportive, multidisciplinary environment

Contribute togenuinely meaningful mental health transformation

Opportunities for continuedprofessional development and innovation

If you're ready to make a difference and shape the future of psychological therapies in Hertfordshire,wed love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Experience

• What Were Looking For:
• Completed training in Counselling for Depression (essential)
• One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual): British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) Accreditation; National Counselling Society (NCS) Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.
• Proven experience in clinical leadership and supervision
• Skilled in working with complex presentations
• In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)
• Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care
• Willingness to travel across Hertfordshire County

Qualifications

• Completed training in Counselling for Depression - CfD
• One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual):
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) Accreditation; National Counselling Society (NCS) Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.
• Willingness to travel across Hertfordshire County
• In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)
• Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.