Counsellor in Oxford

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the Phoenix Futures team as a Counsellor at our new and innovative Trauma Responsive Womens Therapeutic Community Residential Service, Ophelia House, Yarnton.

Service Area: Oxfordshire Services

Town: Yarnton, OX5 1PB

Status: Full-time

Contract Type: Permanent

Total Salary Pro-Rata: £28,298

Closing Date: 30/06/2026

Vacancy Reference Number: 4126

The Role:

• To provide support for people with their recovery from drug or alcohol misuse through 1 to 1 counselling and group work.
• The post holder will also carry out strength-based assessments and work with individuals to create care plans, and promote visible recovery.
• The post holder must work as part of a multi-disciplinary team made up of Therapeutic workers, Nurses, and support staff.
• Provide supervision of academic placements, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies, and experience to contribute effectively to good mental health care and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
• You will be able to utilise theory, evidence-based literature, and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
• To play a key role in the smooth running of the therapeutic community.

About You:

• The post holder should be a qualified counsellor with accreditation.
• They should have good office IT skills and be used to working in the substance misuse field or similar.
• The post holder should be experienced managing a case load, engaging in partnership working and delivering CBT based interventions.

Please note, we will be assessing applications as they are submitted and may close this role should we find sufficient applicants with which to make our shortlist. As such, we would advise applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

Your Rewards:

• Starting salary of £28,298, with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £30,750.
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days).
• Clinical Supervision.
• Brand new refurbished service with staff changing rooms and shower.
• Free Car parking.
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance.
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities.
• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system.
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access.
• A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.
• We'll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.

About Phoenix Futures:

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, and we value our history and use it to inform our future.

We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, with our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support being the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, a sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.

This role will be working in a women's only residential service specialising in providing safe therapeutic environments for those who have experienced multiple disadvantage and those who have experienced past trauma. Therefore, there is an Operational Requirement for this role to be fulfilled by a female (determined compliant under ACAS guidelines for recruiting applicants with a protected characteristic to do a certain job).