Clinical Counselling Lead

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Counselling Clinical Lead to join our established Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service. This is a newly created post designed to support the continued development of our counselling offer and strengthen clinical leadership across the service.

About you:

o Qualified Counsellor with professional accreditation (e.g., BACP,UKCP).

• A Postgraduate Qualification in one of the NICE approved counselling modalities below:Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE CfD)Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)Couples Therapy for Depression (CTfD)

o Substantial post-qualification experience within NHS Talking Therapies or related settings.o Strong leadership and supervisory skills.o Enthusiastic about service development and innovation.o Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.o Committed to collaborative working and clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the Jobo Provide clinical leadership, guidance, and supervision to counselling staff.o Lead on the development and expansion of counselling provision across the service.o Ensure adherence to clinical governance, audit, and quality standards.o Support workforce wellbeing, development, and reflective practice.o Work closely with senior leaders to guide service strategy and quality improvement.o Promote high-quality, evidence-based, client-centred care.o Contribute to clinical pathways, service design, and evaluation.o Support staff to deliver exceptional care while building a strong, resilient service.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

13 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-26-106

Job locations

Stroud

Park Road

Stroud

GL5 3JG

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