Treatment Lead
Salary: £30,000 per annum
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, including some evenings and weekends.
Location: Clouds House, near Shaftesbury in Dorset
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Treatment Lead to provide therapeutic and operational leadership within our residential addiction treatment service at Clouds House.
As the senior therapeutic leader within the residential programme, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, safe and effective treatment programme that complies with regulatory and governance requirements, including NICE guidance, CQC regulations and internal treatment frameworks. You will play a pivotal role in maintaining the integrity, quality and effectiveness of the residential treatment programme while promoting positive client outcomes, engagement and retention.
Working closely with the Regional Manager and multidisciplinary teams, you will provide leadership, guidance and support to the Treatment Team, ensuring treatment delivery remains structured, measurable and relationally robust. You will oversee safeguarding, risk management, clinical governance, documentation standards and operational excellence across the service.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You are an experienced therapeutic professional with a strong background in residential addiction treatment and a passion for supporting individuals in recovery. You possess excellent leadership skills and are confident in guiding multidisciplinary teams while maintaining the highest standards of safeguarding, governance and clinical practice.
You will be a compassionate and resilient leader who can balance therapeutic excellence with operational oversight. You are committed to delivering person-centred care and creating an environment where both clients and colleagues can thrive.
Essential Requirements
Desirable
Please note we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role, you must have the right to work in the UK without need of sponsorship.
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.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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.
