Location: Clouds House
Salary: GBP 24,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: 29th August 2025
Are you passionate about supporting individuals through recovery and committed to making a lasting difference? Join the dedicated Counselling Team at Clouds House, where you'll be part of a respected and structured therapeutic community helping clients begin their recovery journey.
As an Addictions Counsellor, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver our intensive, structured treatment programme. This role combines hands-on therapeutic delivery with continued professional development and reflective practice.
Please note the working hours for this role are 9:00 to 17:00, Monday to Sunday. It is a 35-hour per week contract with the expectation that two weekend days per month are covered.
Key Responsibilities
* Facilitate interpersonal group therapy and 12-step study groups
* Deliver psychoeducational workshops and individual case management sessions
* Build strong, recovery-focused therapeutic alliances
* Share clinical insights with the wider team to ensure safe, coordinated client care
* Maintain professional standards in line with clinical and regulatory guidelines
Ideal Candidate
* We are looking for an individual with the skills, knowledge, and experience outlined below
* Knowledge of addiction and its impact
* Ability to work with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
* Ability to learn new systems, including electronic record management systems
* Experience working with distressed individuals, listening to their needs, and communicating respectfully and clearly
* Experience thinking creatively with the team to create meaningful outcomes for clients and families
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, a social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break cycles of crime and addiction and move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years, we have been supporting individuals to build positive, productive lives, regardless of their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have helped thousands of people make positive changes and rebuild their lives with employment, family, friends, and community.
Benefits
We are committed to our cause and the wellbeing of our employees. Joining us as an employee, you will enjoy benefits such as:
* Flexible working
* Training and development opportunities
* Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
* Season Ticket Loan Scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Crisis Loan Scheme
* Electric Car Scheme
* 3 Wellbeing Days (pro-rata for part-time employees)
* Access to Blue Light Card
* 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 with length of service, plus Bank Holidays
* Contributory Pension Scheme: Employer contributions up to 6% in the first two years, up to 9% thereafter
* Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
* Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Diversity at Forward Trust
We are committed to providing opportunities for everyone and value diverse team members with a range of lived and professional experiences, including those with lived experience of addiction, offending, or homelessness.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are open to flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments where operationally feasible.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
We recognize the importance of safeguarding.
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