Therapeutic Counsellor

Job Description

Therapeutic CounsellorJob Type: Full Time, Fixed TermLocation: Surrey, SuttonSalary: £28,877 per annum.Are you looking for a meaningful career that helps others break the cycle of addiction and live a positive life The impact you will have in this role is far more reaching than the day-to-day contact with service users, the service we provide reverberatesthrough families and society.The Forward Trust are a social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle 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 believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previousoffending or homelessness.What will you be doingYou will be based on site working across teams that have a broad skills mix delivering recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services in Surrey Prisons. Counselling services will play a key role in enhancing therapeutic programmes and involve workingdirectly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues.As part of a regional team of counsellors you will offer 1:1 and group-based therapy and counselling interventions to service users aged 18 and over across: HMP Downview, HMP Send and HMP/YOI Bronzefield (base location can vary across these sites).

• To provide counselling assessments and treatment of clients referred into the Footsteps and/or Bridge programmes.
• To formulate and implement cohesive counselling treatment and/or management plans for client’s mental health and wellbeing needs, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s difficulties and to employ methods of therapeutic interventionmost appropriate to the individual case.
• To evaluate treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the client.
• To provide counselling advice and consultation to clients when required.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the Integrated Wellbeing and Recovery service, and agencies serving the client group.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress, taking into account professional requirements on ethics and confidentiality.

Please note these roles are fixed term until December 2026. We are open to both full time and part time applicants.What are we looking for

• Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Counselling qualification (proficiency certificate required)
• Accreditation with the BACP or working towards accreditation.
• Experience of facilitating therapeutic groupwork
• Experience of providing counselling services to people within the criminal justice system and/or experience of substance misuse
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults or within secure settings
• A thorough knowledge of Trauma Informed Approaches
• What we offer
• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• 3 x wellbeing days in addition to annual leave entitlement
• Simply Health packages
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 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 ApplyIf you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.