Trainee Day Programme Facilitator

Location: Margate

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Closing Date: 24^th September 2025

Our traineeship programme is designed to offer structured development, mentoring, and practical experience, enabling participants to progress into permanent roles at the end of the 12-month contract. All trainees are enrolled in an accredited training programme and invited to join the Forward Connect community. 

As a Forward Trust Trainee, you will:

• Shadow experienced team members and receive guidance to develop competence in your assigned business unit.
• Gain practical work experience alongside studying for a nationally recognised qualification (subject to criteria).
• Receive mentoring, supervision, and regular progress reviews to ensure you meet your development goals.
• Participate in compulsory therapy as part of the traineeship programme.
• You will be supported to develop skills in:
• Planning and managing a caseload effectively.
• Reviewing ongoing care and treatment, liaising with healthcare and other agencies.
• Co-facilitating groups and programmes to required standards.
• Working in multi-disciplinary and integrated ways.
• Collecting and recording data for audit, research, and reporting purposes.
• Carrying out assessments and risk evaluations to inform treatment journeys and interventions.
• Supporting service users in developing recovery plans tailored to their needs.

What We’re Looking For

• Proactive: Quick thinking and high initiative.
• Resilient: Learns from mistakes and adapts to challenges.
• Adaptable: Comfortable in fast-paced, changing environments.
• Confident: Clear communication and positive interpersonal skills.
• Team Player: Works collaboratively to achieve results.
• Open to Feedback: Willing to receive constructive feedback and develop professionally.
• Innovative: Continuously seeks better ways of working.
• Commitment to completing a nationally recognised qualification

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 proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/339/trainee-day-programme-facilitator.html

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