Head Of Therapy; Addiction

Reporting to: Clinical Director
Direct reports: Gambling Therapists and other clinical staff as allocated
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Redditch, with organisation-wide responsibility and travel to services as required

At Gordon Moody, we believe in second chances and helping people build lives free from gambling-related harm. For more than 50 years, we have provided specialist treatment and support to people whose lives have been significantly affected by gambling.

Our services combine clinical expertise, evidence-based treatment and compassionate, person-centred care. We help people achieve meaningful and lasting recovery in a safe, respectful and non-judgemental environment.

The Head of Therapy is a senior clinical leadership role responsible for the quality, safety and effectiveness of therapeutic practice across Gordon Moodys residential and remote services.

As our senior therapy subject matter expert, you will provide professional leadership to therapists and wider clinical teams, ensuring treatment remains evidence-based, person-centred, trauma-informed and responsive to people experiencing gambling-related harms and associated mental health difficulties.

Working closely with the Clinical Director and Senior Leadership Team, you will translate strategy into high-quality clinical delivery, combining strategic leadership with clinical credibility.

You will also maintain a small clinical caseload where appropriate, particularly involving complex or high-risk presentations.

• Provide specialist expertise in the assessment, formulation and treatment of gambling-related harms, behavioural addictions and co-occurring mental health difficulties.
• Lead or advise on complex and high-risk cases, ensuring appropriate treatment planning, review and escalation.
• Deliver and oversee evidence-based individual and group interventions, including CBT, motivational approaches and appropriate integrative therapies.
• Maintain a limited caseload and model excellent therapeutic practice, trauma-informed care and recovery-focused working. Ensure continuity of care across assessment, treatment, transfer, discharge and aftercare.

• As Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will provide organisation-wide oversight of safeguarding, suicidality, crisis escalation and clinical risk.
• Lead therapy-related clinical governance, including audit, policy review, peer review, supervision frameworks and quality improvement.
• Ensure safeguarding and clinical risk concerns are identified, documented, escalated and reviewed appropriately.
• Maintain compliance with safeguarding legislation, professional standards, regulatory requirements, commissioner expectations and Gordon Moody policies.
• Monitor clinical quality indicators, treatment outcomes and service performance and use findings to drive improvement.
• Support inspections, audits, commissioner reviews and external assurance activity.

• Line manage Gambling Therapists and other allocated clinical staff, including objectives, one-to-ones, appraisal, wellbeing, capability and performance.
• Provide expert clinical supervision and ensure clinicians receive supervision appropriate to their role, registration, competence and caseload complexity.
• Lead reflective practice and support clinicians with complex formulation, therapeutic decision-making, professional boundaries and risk.
• Develop and deliver training for clinical and wider teams. Promote staff engagement, inclusion, psychological safety and a compassionate, accountable culture. Support recruitment, induction, workforce planning, retention and succession planning.