Delivering individual and group supervision, you will help practitioners reflect on their work, develop professionally and manage complex or high-risk cases.

You will also provide guidance on safeguarding and risk management, escalating concerns where appropriate and promoting a strong culture of client safety and professional accountability.

Additionally, you will:

• Review and audit counsellor case notes
• Maintain accurate and confidential supervision records
• Support counsellor performance and development reviews
• Contribute to audits, service evaluations and quality reviews

About You

To be considered as a Clinical Supervisor, you will need:

• Significant post-qualification counselling experience in couples counselling and sex therapy with demonstrable experience providing supervision and/or oversight of clinicians’ caseloads
• Experience of working with individuals, couples and families therapeutically where complexities present
• Experience of working within a psychodynamic and systems approach with individuals, couples and families
• In-depth knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policies, and procedures relevant to therapeutic services
• Confidence using data, insight, evaluation and theoretical knowledge to drive clinical practice
• An understanding of quality assurance frameworks and their application in clinical or therapeutic settings
• A Level 5/Column B or above qualification in Relationship Therapy from Relate or equivalent training providers
• A qualification in Counselling Supervision from Relate or equivalent external training providers
• Registration as an accredited and full clinical member with an appropriate professional body organisation relevant to sector/therapy modality

Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, where appropriate to the role.

The closing date for this role is 18th October 2026. Interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams during the w/c 2nd and 13th November 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Counselling Supervisor, Therapy Supervisor, Clinical Counselling Supervisor, Clinical Therapy Supervisor, or Relationship Counselling Supervisor.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us, and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children, and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

So, if you’re looking for a meaningful role as a Clinical Supervisor, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.