Job summary
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
Supporting staff development and wellbeing
Promoting equality, inclusion, and diversity in everything we do
Job description
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.
Job description
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
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)
- Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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.
