Addictions Counsellor : Shoreditch, East

Addictions Counsellor

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Shoreditch, East London Addictions Counsellor

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Shoreditch, East London

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT)

Post

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Part-time Addictions Counsellor (0.6 FTE)

Salary Up to £35,515 per annum (FTE) Hours 21 hours/3 days per week Monday to Friday (specific days negotiable)

Responsible to Therapeutic Programme Manager

Purpose of Post

To support residents to achieve sustained abstinent recovery from problematic substance use. To facilitate group therapy sessions and hold one-to-one counselling sessions.

To ensure SCT's residents are secure and maintain their tenancies as part of the therapeutic practice.

Location Spitalfields Crypt Trust, The Recovery Hub, 116-118 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JN

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is an East London charity providing practical and therapeutic support and training to people who are or who have been homeless and are in recovery from addictions.

SCT runs a Housing First service, a Recovery Hub (which includes an abstinent-based residential recovery hostel, an Addictions Counselling Programme, and a Training and Development Programme), supported housing and two social enterprises.

All our services support people in recovery from addictions to put their lives back together.

Our integrative approach is based on the 'Recovery Capital' model and is a whole-person approach, which considers physical, cultural, social, human, and spiritual factors and assets.

In employment we actively seek to recruit people with a good combination of talent, skills, and potential, promoting equality for all, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates.

We select all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and commitment to the values and purposes of the organisation. SCT is a growing organisation with opportunities for people with good motivational skills and high levels of initiative.