Counselling Team Leader

Counselling Team Leader

Xyla mental health support (Part of Acacium Group)

£48,000 - £52,000 per annum plus an amazing benefits package!

Fully Remote Working (Homebased)

Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm (1 x evenings a week 12pm-8pm)

Unlock your potential

Exciting opportunity at Xyla mental health support! We are looking for a Counselling Team Leader to join our growing team. Responsibilities include overseeing counseling delivery, team performance, and development. If you're passionate about providing high-quality counseling services and upholding professional standards, this role is for you

Our Counselling Team Leader plays a crucial role in ensuring that all treatments adhere to NICE guidelines and align with the latest best practices and evidence-based approaches. The collaborative effort with the Supervision Team Leader is key to establishing and maintaining effective supervision arrangements that prioritise clinical quality, team development, and business objectives..

Xyla, part of Acacium Group, is an integrated healthcare solution that improves people’s lives and alleviates the demands of the UK healthcare system. Our services help people avoid hospital or accelerate them safely through it, with specialist support in their community or homes whenever needed.

Our mental health support team provides a wide range of mental health services to support the NHS and local authorities across the UK. Our goal is to make sure everyone gets the help they need quickly and easily. We provide people with adult digital mental health support, children and young people digital mental health support, group mental health support and mental health assessments.

Every day you will…

• Empower, engage and unify a team of ambitious, highly-skilled counselling supervisors and counsellors staff to achieve objectives whilst providing leadership/supervision as required
• Provide regular recovery supervision and consultancy to the permanent Counselling Team, supervisors and Clinical Network as required.
• Act as a key contact for the escalation of risk and safeguarding issues, providing management, support and communicating excellently with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Work with the Operations Director and senior management to evaluate strategic growth opportunities for Xyla and take an instrumental role in their delivery
• Analyse comprehensive recovery data for the Counselling Team looking for trends and creating action plans accordingly

What’s in it for you?

• Dedication to developing you and your career through our dedicated Employee Development Programme
• Opportunities to enhance your experience and skillset by moving across a global organisation
• Unlimited learning & development opportunities at your fingertips- including fully funded qualifications!
• Remote working model with an option for a 9 day working fortnight
• Gym Flex- discounted gym memberships, UK-wide!
• Regular events and incentives
• Discounted Tastecard membership
• Reward portal offering discounts on bars, restaurants, shops and cinemas!
• Free Flu Vaccinations, Health Assessments, Dental Insurance, Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover and Private Medical Insurance

Join us and make a difference!

If you want to join a global, market-leading organisation who are committed to the human side of business, then look no further. Acacium Group is the UK’s largest healthcare staffing and solutions partner and specialise in healthcare, social care and the life sciences industries. We are a business with scale, leading digital capabilities and a strong financial profile, with a vision to be the leading global healthcare solutions partner.

We are powered by the best people and have an unrivalled and diverse range of capabilities, all while incorporating our company values into everything we do – Putting People First, Always by your Side, Driven by Excellence.

Join us and play a key part in shaping the future of society and improving people’s lives!

To thrive in this role, you must ideally have...

• HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist OR BACP accredited counsellor

• Recognised supervision qualification
• PCE/CFD qualification for IAPT compliant modality or Counselling for depression IAPT training 
• Previous work experience in an IAPT environment and using the iaptus case management system
• Ability to build relationships across organisational and professional boundaries at all levels whilst demonstrating leadership skills across the team
• Skillset to deliver against set objectives and timeframes in a fast paced environment

Our inclusion commitment:

We are passionately committed to being a truly inclusive and diverse company- it is at the heart of our core value of Putting People First. We continue to enhance our culture of inclusion and diversity across all of our roles and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.