Trainee Day Programme Facilitator in Dover)

Ad Warrior Ltd; Dover; On-site; GBP 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A social enterprise organization in Dover is offering a role as a Trainee Day Programme Facilitator, providing a structured pathway in the health and social care sector. Candidates will gain hands-on experience while supporting service users. The organization promotes diversity and offers benefits like a flexible working scheme and development opportunities. An enthusiastic approach and a commitment to complete training are essential.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Crisis Loan Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service Payment

Critical Illness Insurance

Qualifications

• Willingness and commitment to complete a nationally recognised qualification (subject to criteria).
• Ability to support service users with recovery planning and through-care needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop core skills and gain hands-on experience in planning and managing a caseload effectively.
• Review ongoing care and treatment, liaising with healthcare and other agencies.
• Co-facilitate groups and programmes to required standards.

Skills

Proactivity

Resilience

Adaptability

Confidence

Teamwork

Openness to Feedback

Innovation

Enthusiasm to learn

Job description

Overview

Trainee Day Programme Facilitator

Location: Dover

Salary: £21,840 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Closing Date: 25th September 2025

We are offering an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to join our traineeship programme. This role provides a structured pathway into [sector/field, e.g. health and social care/recovery services], combining practical workplace experience with study towards a nationally recognised qualification (subject to eligibility criteria).

What You'll Be Doing

With the support of your team, you will develop core skills and gain hands-on experience 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 (risk, initial, comprehensive) to inform treatment journeys
• Delivering interventions tailored to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group facilitation
• Supporting service users with recovery planning and through-care needs

What We're Looking For

We are seeking individuals who can demonstrate the following qualities:

• Proactivity - quick thinking and able to use initiative
• Resilience - problem-solving with a growth mindset
• Adaptability - thrives in fast-paced, changing environments
• Confidence - communicates clearly, with self-assurance
• Teamwork - collaborates effectively to deliver results
• Openness to Feedback - receptive to guidance and willing to learn
• Innovation - constantly seeking better ways of working
• Willingness and commitment to complete a nationally recognised qualification (subject to criteria)
• Enthusiasm to learn, develop, and build a career in [sector/field]

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.

Benefits

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 as 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 and Inclusion

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.

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.

How 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/340/trainee-day-programme-facilitator.html