Lead counsellor jobs in edinburgh
This new role calls for someone with a strong background in delivering and managing therapeutic support, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to the emotional wellbeing of dementia carers. You will play a key part in ensuring our counselling provision is accessible, high-quality, and responsive to the evolving needs of dementia carers.
Job purpose
To ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and carer centred therapeutic support. This will include:
• maintaining clinical standards.
• managing staff wellbeing.
• supporting the development and continuous improvement of the service.
Key responsibilities
• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the counselling service, ensuring quality, efficiency, and alignment with organisational strategy.
• Oversee all case-management processes including allocations, assessments, waiting list management, record keeping and reporting procedures, whilst also delivering own caseload.
• Ensure the service complies with ethical and clinical standards.
• Develop and manage annual budget and plans, setting measurable KPIs, and monitoring performance.
• Develop strong working relationships across the organisation, supporting the work of the Comms & Growth team as needed.
• Line-manage counselling staff, overseeing recruitment, induction, appraisals, and ongoing professional development and ensure they have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
• Maintain clinical governance standards, manage risks, and act as the Deputy Safeguarding Lead.
• Oversee data collection, monitor clinical outcomes, and implement service improvements based on feedback and audits.
• Stay up to date with relevant legislation, professional guidance and sector trends.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties or responsibilities as required to support the effective delivery of the service.
Management responsibility
Line management of in-house and external counsellors.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Events Manager
We’re looking for a confident and creative Events Manager to bring fresh energy and insight to our events programme. You’ll be joining a values-led organisation at a pivotal time, helping us connect with members, partners, and the public through meaningful experiences that reflect our commitment to professional excellence, inclusion, and mental health advocacy.
Position: Events Manager
Location: Hybrid – Remote working with monthly presence at York House, London
Salary: £41,231 per annum (full time equivalent)
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (part-time considered, minimum 21 hours)
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 9am Monday 20th October 2025
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.
About the role
As the Events Manager, you will lead the planning, coordination and delivery of the events programme – from our flagship annual conference to member webinars, roundtables and stakeholder events.
This is a hands-on role with strategic impact. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, members, and partners to ensure every event reflects our values, raises our profile, and supports our mission to advance psychotherapy and protect the public.
You’ll oversee the full event lifecycle – from concept and design through to logistics, budget management, and evaluation – ensuring that all our events are inclusive, engaging and professionally delivered across in-person, online, and hybrid formats.
About you
You’re an experienced events professional with at least two years’ experience managing diverse events from end to end. You bring creativity, attention to detail, and strong project management skills, with the ability to work independently while contributing collaboratively to a small, friendly team.
You’ll be confident liaising with members, speakers and suppliers, balancing multiple priorities, and ensuring every event runs smoothly and achieves its objectives. You are motivated by the mission and share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. Experience in a membership, charity, or professional standards environment would be an advantage.
About the Organisation
The employer is the leading professional body for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Alongside professional support for members, they are the leading research, innovation, educational and regulatory body working to advance psychotherapies, and emotional and mental wellness for the benefit of all. They represent training organisations and over 9,000 individual therapists - working privately or in the NHS or voluntary sector - offering a wide variety of psychotherapeutic approaches or modalities.
Their charitable objectives are to promote:
- the art and science of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling for the public benefit;
- research in psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling and to disseminate the results of any such research;
- high standards of education and training and practice in psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling
- the wider provision of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling for all sections of the public
Other roles you may have experience in could include Events Coordinator, Conference Manager, Events and Engagement Officer, Programme and Events Lead, Membership Events Manager, or Events and Communications Officer.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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At TLG, we’re passionate about building an exceptional staff team that’s committed to making a real difference in the lives of struggling children across the UK. We’re always on the lookout for great people to journey with us towards our vision, and we’re excited to offer a unique opportunity for a motivated and passionate individual to join us as Head of Therapeutic Support.
The Head of Therapeutic Support will provide strategic clinical leadership to TLG’s mission, driving forward our 10-year vision to bring fullness of life for every child, no matter what struggles they face. This pioneering role will shape therapeutic and trauma-informed approaches across the organisation, ensuring consistent, high-quality practice in both existing and new programmes. With deep clinical experience across multiple sectors, the successful candidate will develop scalable, innovative concepts that balance speed, safety, and effectiveness.
As a member of the Wider Leadership Team, reporting to the Director of Programmes, the Head of Therapeutic Support will influence strategy at the highest level, inspire confidence among church partners, statutory agencies, professionals, and other stakeholders, and manage clinical risk across TLG’s community-based services. They will be the authoritative voice on the way TLG works with children and families, ensuring strong ownership and impact throughout the organisation.
TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
Hours: Part-time (22.5 hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 2nd November
Initial Interviews: Monday 10th November
Final Interviews: Tuesday 18th / Wednesday 19th November – at our National Support Office in West Yorkshire
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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At Action for ME, we believe that change won't just happen; it has to be made. That's why action and impact are at the heart of everything we do. Whether that's helping people today with support, information, or care. Or working towards securing future change through our research and campaigning work.
The intent of everything we do is to pursue positive impact for the lives, rights, and futures of people affected by ME.
More information can be found in the application pack.
You will play a pivotal role supporting the Charity in several different ways. Working with the Senior Leadership Team, you will ensure the smooth running of the organisation, providing administrative support to the Director of Operations and the Chief Executive. As a self-starter you will manage a range of tasks such as diary management, meeting minutes, assisting with event administration and HR administration. No two days will be the same!
You will be the point of contact for our HR, recruitment and training systems, ensuring consistency and assurance across the organisation. You will support HR administration such as supporting recruitment, on-boarding and off-boarding of colleagues as well as taking minutes for Board meetings, so you will need to be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
As a team player, you will provide comprehensive, confidential and sensitive people-orientated administration support, developing a deep understanding of our organisation, our work and build strong, effective working relationships with colleagues.
Remote working at home can be challenging for some and for others, it works incredibly well. You will need to be able to work on your own, use your own initiative and ensure you are proactive in maintain good levels of communication and contact with your colleagues to ensure we deliver the best service possible to people with ME.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Our mission is to improve the lives of people affected by ME. Better meeting their needs today while taking action to secure change for tomorrow.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.