Team Leaders

Are you a seasoned mental health professional or counsellor with expertise in trauma-informed care, ready to take the next step into a meaningful leadership role?

Counselling Services Centre (CSC) invites you to bring your passion, experience, and leadership to a vital front-line service supporting those impacted by sexual harm and family violence. Based in the heart of Manukau, CSC is a not-for-profit organisation that has been operating for over 30 years, making a real difference in our community.

We currently have three full time, exciting Team Lead opportunities within our Counselling team:

· Permanent – Counselling

· Permanent - ACC Counselling

· Fixed term 12 months parental leave cover - Counselling

We're looking for compassionate and consultative leaders to each guide a committed team of counsellors working with some of the most vulnerable within our community. Your leadership will help shape the healing journeys of countless individuals, ensuring they receive best-practice, trauma-informed care.

For the ACC Team Leader role, ACC registration is a must as you will be leading and guiding a dedicated team of counsellors and contractors who support ACC sensitive claims clients through their trauma recovery.

To thrive in these roles, you'll bring a deep understanding of the complex dynamics surrounding sexual harm and family violence. You'll play a key role in fostering a culture of collaboration, empathy, and professional growth within the team. If you're calm under pressure, passionate about supporting others, and driven to lead with purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role - Lead with Heart. Make a Lasting Impact.

If you are a fully registered mental health professional or counsellor ready to step into a leadership role that blends clinical expertise with purpose-driven impact, join Counselling Services Centre (CSC), where your skills will directly contribute to the wellbeing and recovery of those affected by sexual harm and family violence. As a Team Leader, you'll do more than manage—you'll inspire. You'll guide and support a talented team of Counsellors while also maintaining a personal caseload, ensuring you stay connected to the powerful work we do every day. With strong support from our Clinical Manager, peer leaders, and a collaborative leadership team, you'll never walk this path alone.

What You'll Be Doing:

Alongside your core leadership and counselling responsibilities, you'll play a key role in:

• Supporting recruitment and on-boarding

• Overseeing client allocations and at-risk client monitoring

• Providing clinical oversight and support

• Contributing to data analysis, reporting, and resource management

What You'll Bring:

We're looking for someone with both the heart and the head for this work. You'll thrive in this role if you bring:

• A clinical qualification and postgraduate training in Counselling, Psychology, or Psychotherapy

· Membership with a professional body e.g. NZAC, NZCCA

• Proven leadership skills, ideally within the NGO, health, or social services sectors

• A client-centred mindset and a passion for nurturing a positive, inclusive team culture

• Strong stakeholder relationship-building experience

• Sound judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities

• A deep commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.  Ideally you will have strong community connections across , Hāpu, Iwi, Pacifica and other ethnically diverse communities within Counties/Manukau

• High professional standards and a calm, grounded presence

• ACC Registration or a willingness to work towards registration

Being a Team Leader is a chance to lead with compassion, empower a team, and create real change in the lives of others.

Make your next move one with meaning. Apply now and help shape a future where healing is possible.

About Counselling Services Centre -Thrive in a culture that cares

At Counselling Services Centre (CSC), you'll be part of a vibrant, multicultural clinical team where your expertise is valued—and your growth is supported every step of the way. We're more than colleagues; we're a passionate, dedicated community that champions collaboration, celebrates individuality, and embraces the unique strengths each person brings to our work.

As a leader within our wider team, you'll be supported through ongoing mentoring, rich cultural engagement, and meaningful opportunities to expand your skills through training and project work. Your personal and professional development matters to us—because when you thrive, so do the people we serve.

We also place a strong emphasis on well-being and self-care. You'll have access to:

• Fortnightly external supervision inclusive of cultural supervision

• Regular training opportunities within a strong learning and development culture

• Online well-being tools and confidential support via our EAP provider

• Up to 5 days of dedicated training leave each year

• A workplace culture that is innovative, creative and where the importance of flexibility for kaimahi is recognised.

Join us in making a real impact—working in an environment that values and celebrates diversity, while supporting, uplifting, and growing with you.

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To apply please upload your cover letter and CV on Seek.  In your cover letter please specify which of the three roles you are applying for.

This role is considered a core children's worker and will be subject to safety checking as part of the Vulnerable Children Act Police vetting with a clean record is a requirement.

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Closing date for applications is 8th December 2025.