Overview
Counsellor Peripatetic Team – Essex
Permanent
£24,000 Plus Benefits
Make a real difference in people’s lives. Join our dedicated Essex Community Rehabilitation service as a Counsellor.
We are looking for a skilled and compassionate Counsellor to deliver a range of psychosocial and psychoeducational programmes, including The Brink of Change and Prep for SHARP, alongside 1:1 therapeutic support. You’ll be based across multiple community partner hubs in Essex, supporting clients on their recovery journey.
What you’ll do:
- Facilitate group therapy sessions and workshops
- Provide 1:1 tailored therapeutic interventions
- Manage a caseload and contribute to treatment planning
- Collaborate with families, professionals, and stakeholders
- Support clients with safeguarding, onward referrals, and aftercare planning
What we’re looking for:
- Experience delivering structured therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge of substance misuse and recovery support
- Strong communication and assessment skills
- A collaborative, values-driven approach
- Commitment to professional development
Qualifications
- Recognised counselling qualification (Level 4 or above)- Essential
- Accreditation with a recognised counselling body- Desirable
Why join us?
You’ll play a vital role in transforming lives while gaining ongoing clinical supervision and development opportunities.
About Us
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)
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.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
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.
