About The Role
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Lead Counsellor – Talking Therapies Service
Location: Hybrid - (Hertfordshire - initially based in Hatfield and Baldock)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours
Employer: Nouvita Healthcare
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £55,000 + Benefits
Join Us in Shaping the Future of Mental Health Support
Are you an experienced and accredited counselling professional looking to take the next step in leadership? Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be launching a new NHS-commissioned Talking Therapies service in Hertfordshire and we are looking for a dynamic Lead Counsellor to 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. You’ll help build, shape, and deliver a compassionate, forward-thinking counselling service — working closely with colleagues, GPs, NHS partners, and the wider community.
What You’ll Be Doing
Provide Clinical Leadership to counsellors, trainees, and other therapy professionals
Ensure Safe & Effective Supervision, overseeing the structure and quality of clinical supervision
Deliver Specialist Therapy for complex presentations within the service
Support Service Development by 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 Awareness through community events, training, and public engagement
What We’re Looking For
Completed training in Counselling for Depression - CfD (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
Why Join Nouvita Healthcare?
Be part of a brand-new, values-led Talking Therapies service
Play a key leadership role from day one
Work in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment
Contribute to genuinely meaningful mental health transformation
Opportunities for continued professional development and innovation
If you're ready to make a difference and shape the future of psychological therapies in Hertfordshire, we’d love to hear from you.
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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
Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Nouvita Healthcare and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to: recruitment@nouvita.co.uk