Support Worker – Clouds House
Location: Clouds House
Salary: £28,479 per annum
About The Role
Looking for work where you can truly make a difference?
Join the team at Clouds House as a Support Worker, based at Clouds House. You’ll play a vital role in helping people build lasting recovery in a safe, structured and therapeutic residential environment.
Working within our fully integrated One Team model, you’ll help reinforce our 12-Step and trauma-informed treatment approach. No two shifts are the same – this is a hands-on, rewarding role where your presence, professionalism and compassion matter every day.
What you’ll be doing:
Supporting clients to engage in daily routines, wellbeing activities and the therapeutic programme
Promoting structure, communal responsibilities and positive recovery habits
Maintaining a safe, respectful and supportive living environment
Monitoring welfare, safeguarding and behavioural concerns, escalating where needed
Supporting medication processes (including eMAR where trained)
Completing accurate, up-to-date records and handovers
Responding calmly and professionally to incidents or client needs
Working closely with colleagues across all departments as part of one team
What we’re looking for:
Experience in health, social care, recovery or residential settings
Strong communication and people skills
Emotional resilience with the ability to remain calm under pressure
A professional, boundaried and compassionate approach
Good organisation and attention to detail
Understanding of safeguarding principles
Commitment to recovery-focused and trauma-informed practice
Desirable:
Experience in addiction or mental health services
Knowledge of 12-Step recovery models
Experience managing challenging behaviour
Full UK Driving Licence
At Clouds House, you’ll be part of a supportive and passionate team making a genuine difference every day. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities, and the chance to build valuable experience in a rewarding recovery-focused environment where your contribution truly matters.
If you’re passionate about supporting others and want flexible work in a rewarding setting, we’d love to hear from you.
Please note: No sponsorships are available for this role.
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
Support for Families – We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace. If you'd like more information about our family-friendly benefits, please contact our Recruitment Team at (url removed)
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)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application
