Addiction Counsellor at charityjob

Position Addiction Counsellor
Posted 2025 July 09
Expired 2025 August 08
Company charityjob
Location Wiltshire, England | GB
Job Type Full Time

Job Description:

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Addiction Counsellor Location: Wiltshire Salary: £24,000 per annum plus benefits We are currently recruiting for an Addiction Counsellor to join our Counselling Team, delivering intensive, structured treatment programmes to clients admitted to Clouds House, (based in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, SP3). Here at Forward Trust, Clouds House is one of Forward's residential substance misuse treatment centres in East Knoyle, Wiltshire.

Clouds House delivers a structured interpersonal and 12 Step treatment programme, designed to help those with substance and behavioural addiction maintain abstinence and develop long term sustainable recovery. Over the last 40 years Clouds House has helped over 12,000 clients work towards a life in recovery and helped to create a growing recovery culture through our alumni. Our ambition is to significantly increase recovery capital, whilst offering treatment to as many clients, irrespective of means, as possible.

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with ‘Lived Experience' we encourage applications from all backgrounds including those in recovery from any addiction or who have experience of previous offending or homelessness. About the role As an Addiction Counsellor, you will work and train towards being able to carry out all aspects of a client's treatment journey from individual case management sessions to facilitate interpersonal group therapy, psycho-educational workshops, carry out 12 step study groups and everything in between.

You will forge positive, recovery focussed therapeutic alliances and share information with the inter-disciplinary team to ensure progress within a client's treatment journey, where clients are cared for safely and that all activity is carried out in accordance with regulatory guidelines. You will need to be able to practice reflectively, model firm and clear boundaries with both clients and staff and display professional and flexible communication. Key responsibilities Ensure delivery of the programme in line with the Clouds House interpersonal treatment model.

Carrying a caseload of clients to ensure effective retention of clients on the programme and delivering successful treatment outcomes whilst encouraging and ensuring good practice case management, including high quality record keeping and safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children by identifying and reporting concerns. Working within our therapeutic programme delivery with clients and ensuring that recognised theoretical frameworks are utilised in the provision of the therapeutic treatment programme e.g. motivational Interviewing, cognitive behavioural approaches, 12 step philosophy, interpersonal group psychotherapy. Completion of comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, management and treatment plans and group therapy with clients and individual counselling and/or case management sessions and attending inter-disciplinary meetings and communicate with other leaders within and outside of the treatment setting.

The ideal candidate Ideally you will be in counsellor training and willing to work towards Level 4 or above counselling qualification and knowledge of addiction and its impact and experience of working with, (at times) distressed individuals and experience of listening to their needs and communicating respectfully and clearly, you will have the ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team and experience of thinking creatively with the team to create meaningful outcomes for clients and family members. You will need to have good IT skills, be a strong communicator who is empathic, warm and maintains professional boundaries, who is adaptable and resilient and a good team player who enjoys working in a diverse, passionate, friendly, and supportive team whilst supporting people through addiction recovery. About

Us We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives.

For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - 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 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees) Access to Blue Light Card 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria) To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

Job Info:

  • Company: charityjob
  • Position: Addiction Counsellor
  • Work Location: Wiltshire, England
  • Country: GB

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