Counsellor, Mental Health, Healthcare

The Calico Group

Contract Type:
Permanent

Contractual hours: 37.5

Job Reference: REQ
002608

This role is essential to the success of the residential rehab. The counsellor supports residents to understand their addiction, develop healthier coping skills, and progress through their recovery programme. This leads to better engagement, improved outcomes, and fewer relapses.

The counsellor also strengthens the wider team by providing clinical insight, supporting consistent care planning, and helping maintain a safe and stable environment. Their work ensures the service meets professional and regulatory standards and delivers a high‑quality therapeutic programme.

Key behaviours that contribute to success include:

• Delivering structured 1:1 and group therapy sessions, tailored to individual needs.
• Maintaining accurate, timely recordsand contributing effectively to multidisciplinary meetings.
• Responding appropriately to risk, safeguarding concerns, and changes in resident presentation.
• Working collaborativelywith colleagues and other professionals including social workers, probation and client care managers to maintain a safe, consistent therapeutic environment.
• Using supervision and reflective practiceto maintain high standards of care.

Success is measured by resident engagement, progress toward treatment goals, teamwork, and adherence to organisational policies and professional standards. “Good” performance looks like reliable therapeutic delivery, effective communication, good judgement, calm management of emotional intensity, and positive contribution to the overall functioning of the residential community.