Trainee Day Programme Facilitator – 12 Month FTC – Margate
Permanent£23,132.20
Looking to start your career in health and social care within a supportive, hands-on training environment?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Dover, Kent as a Trainee Day Programme Facilitator on a Full Time (35 hours), 12-month fixed term contract.
Designed as a structured traineeship, this role offers hands-on experience, professional development, and the chance to work towards a relevant qualification (subject to criteria), all within a supportive and guided environment.
Throughout the traineeship, you will shadow an experienced team member who will provide ongoing guidance, supervision, and support as you learn the different aspects of the role. You will take part in regular reviews to ensure you are progressing successfully, alongside compulsory therapy as part of your development journey. The role combines practical, on-the-job learning with study towards your assigned qualification.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is keen to build a career in health, social care, or recovery-focused services, while gaining real experience in a structured and supportive setting.
During your traineeship, you will develop skills in:
- Planning and managing a caseload effectively
- Undertaking risk, initial and comprehensive assessments to support treatment and intervention pathways
- Facilitating 1:1 sessions and group programmes
- Reviewing ongoing care and treatment in collaboration with healthcare professionals and partner agencies
- Working within multi-disciplinary and integrated teams
- Supporting service users with recovery planning and through-care needs
- Collecting, recording, and contributing data for audit, research, and reporting purposes
If you are compassionate, motivated, and eager to learn, this role offers a meaningful first step into a rewarding career where you can make a real difference while developing professionally.
Please see attached Job Description for full details
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.
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.
When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.
To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.
Our Commitment to Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.
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