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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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

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.

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