Addictions Counsellor (Bank Staff)

Addictions Counsellor (Bank Staff)

Location: Clouds House

Salary: £14.28 per hour

Vacancy Type: Bank Staff, Contracted

Looking for a role where your therapeutic skills genuinely change lives?

At Clouds House, we are looking for a Bank Addictions Counsellor to join our residential treatment service, working within a fully integrated One Team model where collaboration, shared accountability and recovery-focused care are at the heart of everything we do. This is a flexible bank role within our therapeutic community, supporting individuals through structured, trauma-informed and 12 Step informed recovery programmes.

What you ll be doing

• • Deliver structured individual and group therapeutic interventions within a residential addiction setting
  • Work in line with 12 Step principles and trauma-informed practice
  • Complete assessments, treatment planning and risk management documentation
  • Support clients to build recovery capital, life skills and relapse prevention strategies
  • Contribute to safe medication processes (including eMAR where required)
  • Maintain high-quality, accurate and inspection-ready clinical records
  • Support practical needs including housing, benefits, budgeting and employment readiness
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and external partners to ensure continuity of care

What we re looking for

Level 5 counselling qualification (or above)

Experience in residential addiction treatment

Strong understanding of 12 Step recovery frameworks

Experience delivering structured group and 1:1 therapeutic work

Confident safeguarding and risk awareness

Strong communication, reflection and documentation skills

Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment

Emotional resilience and a commitment to ongoing professional development

Desirable experience

• Dual diagnosis / complex needs experience
• Previous work in 12 Step residential settings
• Health & social care qualification

You ll be part of a supportive, purpose-driven team where every role contributes to a shared mission: enabling meaningful, lasting recovery. Our One Team culture means open communication, shared learning, and collective responsibility for delivering high-quality care.

If you re a compassionate practitioner who thrives in a structured residential environment and is available for flexible bank work, we d love to hear from you.

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)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To Apply

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