Senior Counsellor

Senior Counsellor
Location: Northamptonshire
Salary: £31,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time (35 hours per week)
Ready to lead something from the ground up?
This is a rare opportunity to launch and shape a brand-new Day Rehab programme in North Northamptonshire, working full-time (35 hours per week). As Senior Counsellor, you’ll play a pivotal role in building, developing, and leading a high-performing counselling team, while making a real difference in people’s lives.
You’ll combine hands-on clinical work with leadership, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong outcomes, and a supportive, motivated team environment.
What you’ll be doing
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* Lead, manage, and develop a team of counsellors, students, and volunteers
* Oversee delivery of a high-quality psychosocial/psychoeducational Day Rehab programme
* Monitor performance, standards, and client outcomes to ensure effective service delivery
* Hold a caseload and support client assessments, referrals, and care planning
* Facilitate team meetings, supervision, and staff development
* Ensure accurate records, compliance, safeguarding, and quality assurance processes
What we’re looking for
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* A qualified and experienced counsellor with leadership or supervisory experience
* Strong understanding of psychosocial and psychoeducational treatment models
* Confident managing teams, performance, and service delivery
* Passionate about delivering impactful client outcomes
* Organised, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement
This is your chance to shape a brand-new service from the ground up and have a genuine impact on how it evolves. You’ll be part of a supportive, values-driven organisation that prioritises quality, innovation, and client outcomes, while also investing in your professional growth and development.
If you’re ready to lead change, build something meaningful, and make a lasting impact, this is your moment.
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 -
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* 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)
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 our website to complete your application