Trainee Recovery Worker
Location: Cheshire
Salary: £22,234.20 rising to £22,932 per annum after 6 weeks of employment
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: 5th November 2025
**This role is based in Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire**
Are you passionate about helping others make positive changes in their lives?
Join Forward Trust as a Trainee Recovery Worker and start your journey toward a rewarding career supporting people in recovery.
As part of this traineeship, you’ll learn on the job by shadowing experienced colleagues within one of our dedicated business units. You’ll receive structured guidance, mentoring, and ongoing support to help you develop the skills and knowledge needed to become fully competent in the role.
Throughout the traineeship, you’ll:
- Split your time between practical work experience and study, working toward a nationally recognised qualification (subject to eligibility criteria).
- Receive regular reviews to track your progress and ensure you stay on course to successfully complete the programme.
- Participate in compulsory therapy sessions as part of your personal and professional development.
What You’ll Learn and Do
As a Trainee Recovery Worker, you’ll gain hands-on experience and build confidence in key areas such as:
- Planning and managing your own caseload effectively.
- Reviewing ongoing care and treatment in collaboration with healthcare and partner agencies.
- Co-facilitating group sessions and programmes to a professional standard.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver integrated support.
- Recording and managing data for audit, research, and reporting purposes.
- Carrying out risk and needs assessments to inform individual treatment plans.
- Supporting clients in developing recovery and through-care plans tailored to their needs.
- Understanding the second signatory process and related procedures.
You’ll be part of a supportive team environment where learning, collaboration, and professional growth are at the heart of everything we do.
About You
We’re looking for individuals who are committed, empathetic, and motivated to build a career in recovery services. You’ll have:
- (If applicable) At least two years of abstinence from all substances and a commitment to maintaining recovery.
- An understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults in recovery, including those with experience of offending or homelessness.
- A genuine commitment to equality, diversity, and confidentiality.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- The ability to manage your workload and meet deadlines.
- The confidence to set and maintain professional boundaries.
- A willingness to complete a nationally recognised qualification as part of the traineeship.
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:
- 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)
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.
When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
