Job summary
Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (LPFT) delivers an NHS Talking Therapies service. An opportunity has arisen for a qualified counsellor Band 5 or Band 6 to join the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies service based in Boston 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.
• Annual appraisal
• Early access to our staff wellbeing service and psychology therapies
• Excellent working environment.
• NHS Pension
• NHS benefits

Details
Date posted: 30 June 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 274-12098-AC
Job locations: Harmony Suite, Boston Archway, Boston West Business Park, Sleaford Road, Boston, PE21 8EG, United Kingdom

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate 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 counsellor will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing counselling for depression. The post holder 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 candidate 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.

About us
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.

Job 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
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:
For further information regarding this post please contact Kirsty Talkes, Team Manager for Boston Talking Therapies, on 07879 445006 or email kirsty.talkes2@nhs.net

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

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

Desirable

• Accreditation with BCAP

Experience
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework.
• Counselling in a GP practice or Healthcare setting
• Delivery of time limited interventions

Skills
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• IT skills
• Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

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.